howells et al - am Flashcards
what was the aim of the study?
to investigate whether anger management is more effective in treating offenders than no treatment at all
whether improvements in treatment can be predicted from pre treteamnet offender characteristics
how participants were there initially ?
418
how many ppts completed post intervention assessment?
285
how many participants completed a two month follow up?
78
how many participants completed a 6 month follow up?
21
where were participants from?
all from referrals to prisons or community correction based management programmes in south and west australia
what percentage had never had an anger management course?
73%
a lot of offenders were what?
high risk offenders
how many sessions were there?
10 sessions lasting two hours
what did the trained facilitator use?
a manual from new zealand based on navocos framework
what types of self report methods were used?
STAXI and NAS PI (novices anger scale)
what does the NAS-PI measure?
intensity anger and reactions
what measured treatment readiness?
SCQ anger states of change questionnaire
what does the WAKS scale measure?
knowledge of techniques dealing with anger
how did people complete measures?
given out in a group but filled in individually
who was asked to do the staff rating scale of aggression for each ppt?
two correction officers or one member of staff
how was programme integrity checked?
one exp ppt and facilitator completed a check list for each session
what was found about to integrity?
there was a high integrity
what data was collected but never used?
correctional data bases checked to gather data regarding incidents etc
not signifncat
what was the mean score on anger control?
+0.5 and +1.5
what was found in the two month follow up?
there was significant linear trend in all measures
what was found about the six month follow uo?
that there was a long term improvement in anger knowledge but level improvement diminishes over time
what was found about readiness for treatment?
that greater readiness for treatment is associated with greater improvement for those who had treatment
