Mindfulness and the treatment of anger problems

Wright, Steven F.; Day, Andrew; Howells, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2009.06.008

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“…These interventions may also be useful for individuals prone to negative affect, such as those with depression, anxiety, or difficulty controlling anger. Mindfulness-based treatments can reduce negative affect [62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], potentially improving decision making.…”

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Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

Raglan¹,

Schulkin²

2014

J Depress Anxiety

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The decision sciences and mindfulness theory both focus on attention to thought processes and the exploration of the roots of those cognitions. Historically, these two models of viewing thought have, however, diverged. The decision sciences focus on better understanding the patterns and impacts of human decision making, particularly in instances of flawed decision making. Within this literature, mood state has been repeatedly shown to influence decision making patterns, with negative affect and anxiety increasing a person's tendency toward decision making biases. Mindfulness emphasizes willingness to view one's thoughts and behaviors from an open standpoint and has also been shown to be a valuable tool in reducing negative affect and anxiety. In this paper, we briefly explore both the decision sciences and mindfulness, including aspects of decision making that may be affected by mood. We also look to future directions in which mindfulness and the decision sciences could inform each other and lead to more effective interventions for problematic decision making tendencies. Through greater coordination between these two theoretical areas, it is possible that practical mechanisms of change may be more accessible.

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Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

Raglan¹,

Schulkin²

2014

J Depress Anxiety

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“…The other twenty six learners who completed the pre-test were excluded from the study as they were not between the ages of 13-18 years at the time of the study, did not give assent or had a history of epileptic seizures. The exclusion of learners suffering from epilepsy was necessary as drumming may lower the epileptic seizure threshold 8 . Following completion of the pre-test questionnaires, 32 learners were randomly selected using a stratified, randomised sampling method.…”

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The short term effect of a group drumming intervention on aggressive behaviour among adolescent girls diagnosed with conduct disorder

Rensburg

Hatting

Rooyen

et al. 2016

S. Afr. j. occup. ther

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Aggressive behaviour is a primary symptom of conduct disorder and is one of the strongest predictors of criminality in individuals with [-13;5]). The median difference between the post-test scores for the control and intervention groups did, however, reveal a statistically significant difference in the levels of aggression experienced by the respective groups after the intervention (95% CI [-28;-3]). This study therefore delivered promising results suggesting that group drumming can be an effective intervention for the reduction of aggression among adolescent girls diagnosed with conduct disorder.

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“…Patients cannot 'hang onto' cognitions or affects long enough to reflect on them. And because of limited self-awareness, patients may also have difficulty choosing alternative conscious responses to trigger stimuli (Wright 2009). However, mindfulness interventions, either as an adjunct to cognitivebehavioural approaches or as an alternative for patients not amenable to them, may disrupt these types of habitual processing pattern (Grabovac 2011).…”

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Mindfulness-based training in residential settings: rationale, advantages and obstacles

Didonna

Bhattacherjee

2014

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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SummaryThe past few decades have witnessed the synthesis of Buddhist mindfulness practice with the Western psychological paradigm, leading to the development of a variety of mindfulness-based interventions. These are delivered to various populations to treat a wide range of physical and psychological disorders, and several protocols have been implemented and evaluated, mostly, if not exclusively, in open or out-patient treatment settings. Little attention has been given to the definition of criteria, guidelines and protocols for the use of mindfulness in residential settings such as in-patient psychiatric wards, secure and forensic services, prisons, nursing homes and hospices. In this article, we discuss the rationale, advantages and obstacles to delivering mindfulness-based interventions in residential treatment settings, with specific reference to forensic settings. We also discuss the problem of developing robust outcome data and recommendations for future research.Learning Objectives•Understand the advantages and challenges of introducing mindfulness-based interventions in in-patient settings.•Understand how mindfulness-based interventions can be adapted to accommodate individual patient psychopathology.•Understand how mindfulness-based interventions can be adapted to specialist clinical settings such as forensic units.

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Mindfulness and the treatment of anger problems

Cited by 106 publications

References 46 publications

Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

The short term effect of a group drumming intervention on aggressive behaviour among adolescent girls diagnosed with conduct disorder

Mindfulness-based training in residential settings: rationale, advantages and obstacles

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