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5.12 Dealing With Offending Behaviour: Anger Management Flashcards

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What is anger management?

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a form of CBT specific to changing the ways a person manages anger

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What is CBT?

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A mix of cognitive and behavioural therapy

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What techniques do anger management involve?

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cognitive restructuring
skill acquisition
behavioural training

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What are the key aims of anger management?

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Cognitive restructuring
regulation of arousal
behavioural strategies

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What is cognitive restructuring?

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greater self-awareness and control over cognitive dimensions of anger

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What is regulation of arousal?

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learning to control the physiological state

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What are examples behavioural strategies?

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problem solving skills, strategic withdrawal and assertiveness

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What is Novacos stress inoculation model?

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  • cognitive preparation
  • skill acquisition
  • application training
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What is cognitive preparation?

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learning about anger and analyse own responses to situations that promote anger

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What is skill acquisition?

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Teaching self-regulation, cognitive flexibility, relaxation etc.

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What is application training?

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role plays of previous experiences, real world practise

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What is the short term aim of anger management?

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to reduce anger and make the prison environment less violent

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What is the long term aim of anger management?

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rehabilitation and reduction of recidivism

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What is the success rate of anger management programmes?

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75% success rate

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What are the methodological issues with research into anger management?

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Different programmes have different:
durations
kinds of offenders
so they lack comparability and assessment may be biased (eg. self report)

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What limitations of the anger management programmes are there?

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some people resist effort to think about change

so should assess readiness to change beforehand

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What are criticisms of research into long term goals of anger managements?

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It’s harder to assess the long term effects but there is evidence that reoffending rates are lower

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What did a study by Loza and Loza-Fanous find about anger and crime?

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No difference found in terms of anger between violent and non-violent prisoners

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