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Youth Club Activities: Anger Management

5 mins read Youth Work
These activities can help young people to explore their anger and look at ways of expressing their feelings in a positive way, writes Vanessa Rogers.

In any work around anger it is important to:

 

ASSERTIVENESS QUIZ

Aim This quiz looks at the difference between being "assertive", "passive" and "aggressive".

You will need:

How to do it Hand out a pen and a copy of the quiz to each young person. If you know that some group members will struggle with this, suggest they form pairs.

Introduce the quiz. You want the group to tick the response they feel would be closest to their own reaction in a similar circumstance. Most young people are familiar with this style of quiz from youth magazines, so will need minimum support.

Once everyone has finished, ask the group to come together. Read out the questions and the answers and ask the young people to keep a tally of how many "As", "Bs" and "Cs" they have ticked as you go through the sheet.

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