This guide explains what anger is and moves through a series of chapters that include assessing why you get angry, making anger work for you, controlling anger, understanding past behaviour, helping others with their anger, and a final section on integrating what you have learned. The appealing format provides interesting, practical suggestions to help in the decision-making process. Included is a table of contents. Many of the topics in the Life Transitions course are covered in this text. Personal self-knowledge, skill development, relationships, married and single life, career planning, and consumerism are studied.
Emphasis is placed on the importance of setting goals and developing strong personal values.
At the end of each chapter, suggested activities to enhance critical thinking, taking action, and making decisions are listed. The colourful photographs, charts and case studies help to make this an appealing resource for high school students. The information is current. One drawback is the American content. Many of the activities in the student workbook support both the content and processes in Life Transitions.