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ANGER MANAGEMENT - Coggle Diagram
ANGER MANAGEMENT
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type of cognitive behavioural therapy that aims to help individuals use productive methods to manage their anger
Novaco (1975) violent offences occur because offenders cannot deal effectively with their anger, which is expressed in antisocial ways
Anger management programmes use cognitive behavioural techniques to help offenders deal effectively with their feelings of anger
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KEY AIMS
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Cognitive restructuring: this aims to promote greater self-awareness and control over cognitive dimensions of anger
Regulation of arousal: this aims to identify physiological signs of anger and techniques to deal with them
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AINSWORTH (2000)
Stage 1 - Cognitive preparation: offenders analyse their own patterns of anger: the situations and the thinking processes that accompany their anger. They may identify irrational thinking processes that may lead to or sustain angry outbursts.
Stage 2 - Skills acquisition: the offenders learn skills to help them manage their anger. These might include relaxation, avoidance, or social skills such as assertiveness and conflict resolution.
Stage 3 - Application practice: offenders practise their newly acquired skills in a controlled and non-threatening environment. This could include role-playing of situations identified in the first stage as being a trigger for the offender
STRESS INOCULATION
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Conceptualisation: learn how anger is adaptive and non-adaptive, identify what makes them angry
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CALM
, CALM teaches participants to monitor and understand their emotions to prevent and control problematic behaviours
They learn skills that reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of anger to lessen the likelihood of aggression
CALM addresses the management of other strong emotions, including jealousy
EVALUATION
EFFECTIVENESS
SUCCESS
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Landenberger and Lipsey (2005) analysed 58 studies using CBT with offenders, 20 of the studies looked at therapies where anger control was a key component
Researchers found that having an anger control element was significantly related to amount of improvement
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ETHICS
LACK OF CONSENT
Cost to valid consent could be weighed against the benefits for individuals and society through anger reduction
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THERAPIST CONFLICT
When a therapist is employed by a prison there is a conflict due to the duty to the institution and to their client
Client may tell the therapist information that could threaten the security of the prison or may confess details of a crime
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