Treatment of Anger and Aggression

Taylor, John L.; Novaco, Raymond W.; Gillmer, Bruce T.; Robertson, Alison

doi:10.1002/9780470713440.ch11

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“…During the 4 weeks before the start of the intervention, all service users in both groups completed a self‐report anger assessment, the Provocation Index ( Novaco 1994), which was administered by their day‐service key‐worker. Scores on this measure have been shown to correlate with staff‐reported levels of aggression (Taylor 2000). The instrument consists of a list of 25 different situations that can evoke anger, each of which was rated on a four‐point scale (scored as 0–3) for the amount of anger that it would evoke.…”

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Assessment of anger coping skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities

Willner

Brace

Phillips³

2005

J intellect Disabil Res

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Recent controlled studies have supported the effectiveness of anger management training for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). This report describes an evaluation instrument designed to assess their usage of specific anger coping skills. The Profile of Anger Coping Skills (PACS) is designed for completion by a staff member or carer. Three situations are first elicited in which a client frequently displays anger. The respondent then rates each situation for the extent to which the client deploys each of eight behavioural and cognitive coping skills. In a preliminary reliability study, 20 users of a day service for people with IDs were rated independently by two staff members, with one of them completing the assessment on two separate occasions: the PACS showed good test-retest reliability and lower, but still acceptable, interrater reliability. The PACS was subsequently used, in a different day service, as part of the assessment pack administered before and after a 12-week anger management group, with a parallel assessment of an untreated control group. The treated group showed substantial decreases in measures of anger, which were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Increases in PACS-rated anger coping skills were also seen in all participants in the anger management group, but not in the control group. There were differences in the extent to which different coping skills were acquired by the treated group, and there were also individual differences in the profile of specific skills acquired. It is concluded that the PACS is a reliable instrument for assessing anger coping skills, particularly when used repeatedly with the same informant. It provides information that is useful for both individual care planning and the design of future anger management programmes.

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Assessment of anger coping skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities

Willner

Brace

Phillips³

2005

J intellect Disabil Res

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“…Anger Several studies have used Novacco's (1976) anger management protocol modified for people with IDs (Novacco, 1976;Taylor, Novacco, Gillmer, & Robertson, 2004). This original protocol consisted of three phases.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are now many studies of anger management with this population and a detailed analysis of all studies is beyond the scope of this paper. (See Taylor, 2002;Taylor et al, 2004;Whitaker, 2002, for reviews.) Of note is the recent study by Lindsay, Allan, MacLeod, Smart, and Smith (2003), which reported very long-term follow up of six men with IDs who had been referred for anger management for violent behavior following conviction for assault.…”

Section: Cognitive Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, ABA and, to a lesser extent, the application of psychotropic medications for some psychiatric disorders do have an extensive evidence base. Various treatment packages referred to as anger management have been evaluated on several occasions and appear promising (Benson, Rice, & Miranti, 1986;Taylor et al, 2004), but even these experimental evaluations are limited due to lack of observational data and reliance on self-and other reports of behavior change. Future research can address this by conducting research using well controlled, randomized controlled trials and single subject experimental designs.…”

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Cognitive therapy with people with intellectual disabilities: a selective review and critique

Sturmey

2004

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The literature on cognitive therapy with people with intellectual disabilities was selectively reviewed, including application to problems such as anger management, depression and offending. The literature on anger management showed the most promise. The literature on depression was weak. Research on offenders was promising, but no controlled trials were found. Much of the literature incorrectly identified behavioral interventions as cognitive interventions. Many interventions, such as anger management, were in fact packages that included many behavioral interventions, such as relaxation and social skills training, alongside cognitive methods, such as cognitive restructuring. Hence, evaluations of anger management packages can not tell us anything about the effectiveness of cognitive therapy, since cognitive therapy is confounded with behavior therapy. Future directions for research include well controlled experimental trials to evaluate the effectiveness of these packages and the contribution of cognitive therapy to treatment outcome.

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“…Criminal convictions across the cases were reviewed for up to 10 years and in only one case were there further convictions for criminal assault despite the fact that before treatment interventions, these individuals had committed a large number of assaults and violent acts. Taylor, Novaco, Gillmer, and Thorne (2002), Taylor Novaco, Gillmer, and Robertson (2004), and Taylor, Novaco, Gillmer, Robertson and Thorne (2005) have conducted a number of studies on individualized AMT. These studies used waiting list control designs, with anger treatment being compared with routine care conditions.…”

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confidence: 97%

Adaptations and Developments in Treatment Programmes for Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Lindsay

2009

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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This article reviews the development and evaluation of treatment programmes for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID). Prevalence studies have shown that a significant percentage of individuals in the criminal justice system have ID and that around 50% of those individuals, if untreated, will go on to re-offend. Over the past 15-20 years, adaptations have been made to assessments that are relevant to offending issues. These include assessments for anger and aggression, a range of psychiatric symptoms, sexual offending and criminal thinking. Generally, the results have been positive, with assessments showing good reliability, internal consistency and the integrity of the factor structures. Adaptations to treatment methods include simplification of communication and the methods of cognitive therapy, alterations in the use of recording and assessment techniques and promoting motivation in participants. A review of a range of treatment interventions showed that successful case studies have been reported in the fields of anger and violence, inappropriate sexual behaviour, fireraising and social problem-solving/criminal thinking. Controlled trials have produced robust results in showing the effectiveness of programmes for anger and violence. Controlled comparisons also suggest the effectiveness of sex offender treatment programmes, although the integrity of these studies is not as good as that of the work on anger and violence. In other areas there is a dearth of experimental controlled validation of the effectiveness of programmes. With regard to long-term follow-up, sex offender programmes and anger management programmes have been shown to produce significant reductions in offending up to 12 years after referral.

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Treatment of Anger and Aggression

Cited by 20 publications

References 39 publications

Assessment of anger coping skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities

Assessment of anger coping skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities

Cognitive therapy with people with intellectual disabilities: a selective review and critique

Adaptations and Developments in Treatment Programmes for Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

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