The Angry Adolescent: the Resiliencies and Forms of Forgiveness That Impact Teenage Anger Expression

Today's teenagers are angrier than ever, and those who live and work with them are hard pressed for ways to help them deal with such a damaging negative emotion. This book draws from the author's research findings that investigated the relationship among resilience, forgiveness and anger expression in adolescents; specifically, whether certain internal adolescent resiliencies and particular forms of forgiveness can predict lower levels of negative anger expression and higher levels of anger control. Significant relationships were found between the resiliencies of perseverance, hope, morality and insight, and affective, cognitive and behavioral forms of forgiveness which impacted how adolescents expressed their anger. The findings from this research will provide valuable information for counselors, therapists, and other helping professionals working with angry teenagers, on approaches to designing and implementing therapy modalities, intervention and prevention programs, or developmental school guidance programs.