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Development and Outcome Evaluation of Life Skills Training on Anger
Management Based on Buddhism in Late Childhood (Online Version):
Calm Down New Gen! Program

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H. Sethabouppha, C. Suvanayos, S. Inthong, T. Wasitphonpong, and P. Thammawong 3
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Office 1, Thailand, and Nursing Division, Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development (RICD) Center,
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Background: Anger management is a life skill that must be practiced in late childhood. Buddhism
offers profound insights into managing anger through the Noble Eight-Fold Path. It can be
incorporated into life skills training programs to help children effectively prevent their anger in late
childhood.

Objective: to develop and assess the outcomes of the Life Skills Training on Anger Management
Based on Buddhism in Late Childhood (Online Version): Calm Down New Gen! Program.

Methods: The study used a Participatory Action Research Design with three steps: situational analysis,
Critical components, strategies analysis by core working groups, and evaluation with 250 students
employing one group time series design by assessing immediately after and 4 weeks after
completing the program. The instruments were the Calm Down New Gen! Program, the Violence
Record Form, and the Anger Risk Assessment Form. Content analysis was used for qualitative data,
while descriptive statistics and One-way repeated ANOVA were used for data analysis.

Results: Critical components were building the proper understanding, idea, speech, adequate
behavior, perseverance, mindfulness, and meditation practice. The violent behaviors in terms of
Oral Presentation Abstracts
self-injury, violence against others, property violence, and overall violence in all aspects; and the
Anger Risk before - immediate after - 4 - week after the completion of the program were decreased
continually and were statistically different at p < .001

Conclusion: The findings demonstrate promising results. Future controlled studies should aim to
establish its efficacy with greater confidence. Outcomes evaluation, both clinical and process
outcomes of the Calm Down New Gen! program, should be proposed to confirm the program’s
effectiveness.

Keywords: anger management, anger prevention, Buddhism, life skills training, online training
program, late childhood, Thai children

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Correspondence: Hunsa Sethabouppha, Nursing, Chiangmai University, Thailand
E-mail: hunsa.s@cmu.ac.th

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