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"A study to evaluate effectiveness of anger management skills training on aggression among adolescents from selected schools." Objectives: 1. To assess pretest level of aggression among adolescents. 2. To assess post-test level of aggression among adolescents. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of anger management skill training on aggression among adolescents. 4. To associate the pre-test data of aggression with selected demographic variables among adolescents. Methods: - The study was Quasi - experimental nonequivalent control group research in nature. Quantitative research approach was adopted for study. Sample size was 60 that consisted of adolescents from selected schools. The adolescents selected from two different schools non-randomly as experimental and control group. Non - probability purposive sampling technique was used for the data collection. After completion of pretest by both groups, anger management skills training taught to experimental group for 20 minutes. And asked them to practice for next 14 days and regularly follow up was taken. After 14 days of interventions posttest was done for both groups. The data collection done by using standardized clinical anger scale. The study tool had demographic variables based on age, gender, education, type of family, type of school, monthly income, number of siblings, area of residency, religion, health status, habits. Then collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: - In pretest, level of aggression seen in experimental group was 43.3% mild aggression, 46.7% moderate aggression and remaining 10% severe aggression. And in control group, 23.3% had mild aggression while 76.7% had moderate aggression. And in post-test, level of aggression seen in experimental group was 70% had minimal aggression, 26.7% mild aggression and 3.3% moderate aggression. And in control group, 6.7% of the adolescents had mild aggression and 93.3% of them had moderate aggression. Results showed that average aggression score in pretest was 21.2 which reduced to 12.6 in post-test. While comparing the change in aggression score among adolescents in experimental and control group. Average change in aggression score in experimental group was 8.6 which was -1.7 in control group. The average change in aggression score among adolescents in experimental group is significantly more than that in control group. So, it is evident that the anger management training is significantly effective in reducing the aggression among adolescents. Conclusion: - The conclusion drawn on the basis of the findings of the study shows that there was significant change in the aggression level of adolescents after the administration of the anger management skill training and hence it was concluded that the anger management skill training was effective in reducing the aggression among adolescents.