anger management

Question 1

what is anger?

Answer 1

anger

Question 2

anger management programmes:

Answer 2

• a cognitive behavioural therapy which helps someone to control anger outbursts
• developed by Novaco in 1975
• based on the assumption that anger is a primary cause of violent criminal acts
• once offenders learn to control their anger, bad behaviour in prison will decrease
• this ability to control aggressive behaviour will also impact on recidivism rates and reduce the chance of criminal reoffencinding

Question 3

what are the three steps involved in anger management programmes?

Answer 3

1. cognitive preparation - where group members are helped to recognise their own anger patterns that trigger aggressive behaviour
2. skill acquisition - where individuals learn behavioural and cognitive coping strategies, such as relaxation and assertion, to help them control their feelings
3. application and practice - where individuals try out the newly learnt skills in roleplays and actual scenarious that are positively reinforced for appropriate non-aggressive responses

Question 4

what are the three core areas of anger management?

Answer 4

1. relaxation techniques - slowing down increased heart rate due to anger
2. cognitive restruction - retraining thought patterns to more desirable thought patterns
3. assertivenes training - dealing with the behavioural elemnt of anger