چکيده

The purpose of the present study is investigate the effect the Philosophy for Children program (p4c) on reducing trait anger in the first grade for son high school students in Tehran . This research was performed in the semiempirical method and using research design of preliminary and final test with control group and without the use of randomly selection. The population of the study were all students in the first grade of for son high school in Tehran in 2013-2012 academic year that among them, 60 people were selected as the samples through cluster multi-stage sampling (N = 30 control group and 30 experimental group). After holding the desired training course, to data collection was used Spielberger emotions mood expressing and anger personality traits questionnaire (STAXI-2) and covariance analysis method applied to analyze the data. In general, the findings of the study had confirmed validity and reliability of Philosophy for children program in reducing anger trait of adolescents and its two components, namely, angry temperament and furious reaction.