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The main goal of the current study was to investigate the relationship between strategies for controlling anger and different dimensions of anger including anger arousal, situational variables eliciting anger, hostile attitude, and internal/external manifestation of anger. One hundred and twenty mothers of children with special needs, who were receiving services from education and rehabilitation centers in Tehran, participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete Multidimensional Anger Inventory and Parent's Anger Evaluation Scale. To analyze the data, statistical indices including mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis, and F ratio were used. Results indicated that emotional oriented coping and religious oriented strategies significantly correlated with anger reduction. Moreover, findings indicated that emotional oriented coping strategies predicted external anger …