Teen Anger Management Education (TAME): Effectiveness of the Portuguese Adaptation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07619690

Acronym

TAME

Enrollment

Registered

2026-06-02

Start date

2025-12-02

Completion date

2026-10-01

Last updated

2026-06-04

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Conditions

Anger

Keywords

anger management, social skills, emotion regulation, adolescents

Brief summary

This study aims to investigate the implementation and effectiveness of the Teen Anger Management Education (TAME) program in Portuguese adolescents, focusing on improving anger regulation through a structured educational intervention.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTeen Anger Management Education

TAME was developed in the United States by Feindler and Sita-Molz, 2021. This is a 12-session intervention program designed for use with early to late adolescents (ages 12-17).

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

11 Years to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Frequent maladaptive anger responses and/or rare adaptive anger responses

Exclusion criteria

* Ongoing psychological treatment * Diagnosis of schizophrenia or cognitive deficits * Substance abuse problems * Inability to speak and understand the Portuguese language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anger Regulation Scale for Adolescents (ARS-A)	Change from baseline (4 months after baseline), 3 months after treatment has ended, and 6 months after treatment has ended.	Assesses functional and dysfunctional anger regulation. The scale ranges from 1 (Never) to 4 (Always), with higher scores indicating more frequent use of adaptive or maladaptive strategies.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Caregiver Anger Rating Scale	Change from baseline (about 4 months after treatment had ended).	Assesses caregiver perceptions of child/adolescent anger responses. The scale ranges from 1 (\[Almost\] Never) to 5 (\[Almost\] Always), with higher scores indicating more frequent use of adaptive or maladaptive anger responses.
Teacher Anger Rating Scale	Change from baseline (about 4 months after treatment had ended).	Assesses teacher perceptions of child/adolescent anger responses. The scale ranges from 1 (\[Almost\] Never) to 5 (\[Almost\] Always), with higher scores indicating more frequent use of adaptive or maladaptive anger responses.

Countries

Portugal

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 5, 2026