en Nursing Orginal research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="background:white"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>Background:</strong>&nbsp;</span><span style="color:#0f1115">Occupational stress may contribute to anger and adversely affect communication skills, resilience, and quality of life among nurses. Cognitive-behavioral anger management training may improve these outcomes; however, evidence among Iranian nurses remains limited.</span></span><br> <span style="background:white"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>Objective:</strong></span><span style="color:#0f1115">&nbsp;This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of group-based cognitive-behavioral anger management training on communication skills, resilience, and quality of life among nurses at Shohada Hospital in Tabriz, Iran.</span></span><br> <span style="background:white"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>Methods:</strong></span><span style="color:#0f1115">&nbsp;This quasi-experimental study used a pretest‑posttest design with a control group. Thirty nurses from inpatient wards were purposively selected and assigned to an experimental group (n = 15) or a control group (n = 15) through non-random allocation. The experimental group participated in 12 cognitive restructuring-based anger management training sessions. Data were collected using the Queendom Communication Skills Scale, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA and ANCOVA) in SPSS version 25.</span></span><br> <span style="background:white"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>Results:</strong></span><span style="color:#0f1115">&nbsp;The intervention group showed significantly greater improvements in communication skills than the control group (Wilks&#39; &Lambda; = 0.213, F (5,23) = 16.94, <i>p</i> < 0.001, &eta;&sup2; = 0.737). Significant between-group differences were also observed for resilience (F(1,27) = 62.30, <i>p</i> < 0.001, &eta;&sup2; = 0.70) and the eight SF-36 subscales (Wilks&#39; &Lambda; = 0.200, F (8,19) = 9.50, <i>p</i> < 0.001, &eta;&sup2; = 0.80), with higher adjusted post‑test scores in the intervention group.</span></span><br> <span style="background:white"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span><span style="color:#0f1115">&nbsp;Cognitive‑behavioral anger management training may improve communication skills, resilience, and quality of life among nurses. Given the small sample and non-random allocation, these findings warrant cautious interpretation. Larger randomized studies are needed to confirm effectiveness.</span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Anger Management, Cognitive Restructuring, Resilience, Communication Skills, Nurses 0 0 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1079-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyed Mahmoud Tabatabaei smt@iaut.ac.ir 100319475328460015783 100319475328460015783 Yes Department of Medical Physiology, TaMS.C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Sara Pour mohammad smt1351@yahoo.com 100319475328460015784 100319475328460015784 No Department of Clinical Psychology, TaMS.C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran