Anger Management Flashcards
1
Q
What is anger management
A
A form of CBT specific to changing the way a person manages their anger
2
Q
What is the stress inoculation model?
A
Aims to provide a kind of vaccination against future infections
Three key steps are:
cognitive preparation
Skill aquisition
Application training
3
Q
Example of a real life application of anger management?
A
87 young male offenders
Baseline measure made using a self report questionnaire and assessed by police officers
Experimental group of 50
Treatment consisted of 12 one hour sessions over 3 days
8 weeks after treatment, reassessed, significant improvements in experimental group
4
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Key aims of anger management
A
Cognitive restructuring
Regulation of arousal
Behavioural strategies
