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

June 1, 2026 updated by: Fernanda Guedes, University of Beira Interior
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.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Portugal
      • Covilha, Portugal, 6200-209
        • Department of Psychology and Education, University of Beira Interior

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention groups
The intervention groups receive the TAME intervention.
Behavioral: Teen 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).
Other Names:
  • TAME
No Intervention: Control groups
The control groups are on a waiting list to receive the TAME intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Anger Regulation Scale for Adolescents (ARS-A)
Time Frame: 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.
Change from baseline (4 months after baseline), 3 months after treatment has ended, and 6 months after treatment has ended.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Caregiver Anger Rating Scale
Time Frame: 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.
Change from baseline (about 4 months after treatment had ended).
Teacher Anger Rating Scale
Time Frame: 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.
Change from baseline (about 4 months after treatment had ended).

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Satisfaction questionnaire
Time Frame: At the end of the program (about 4 months after baseline).
Adolescents rate their levels of treatment satisfaction. The scale ranges from 1 (I completely disagree) to 7 ([I completely agree), with higher scores indicating more satisfaction.
At the end of the program (about 4 months after baseline).

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Beira Interior

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

  • Feindler, E. L., & Sita-Molz, G. (2021). Teen Anger Management Education: Implementation guidelines for counselors. Research Press.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 2, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

October 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

October 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 26, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

June 2, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 4, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 1, 2026

Last Verified

June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CE-UBI-Pj-2024-030
  • 2023.01600.BD (Other Grant/Funding Number: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT))

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Anger

Clinical Trials on Teen Anger Management Education

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Mozambique

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe