Anger Management Training Research Articles

The anger in municipal bus drivers and its relationship with sociodemographic characteristics

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between anger level and anger expression styles with the socio-demographic factors of municipal bus drivers. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out with 95 bus drivers. The data were collected by means of question forms, State-trait anger, and anger expression scales. Results: The mean score were found to be: Trait anger 16,67±4,29, anger-in 15,05±3,31, anger management 25,12±4,97, and the anger-out 12,48±2,94. There is also a significant relationship between receiving anger management training and anger-out. There is a positive significant relationship between smoking duration (years) and anger control, years at work and anger-out. As being in consistency with other studies, the study has revealed that while the level of professional experiences increases the level of anger is decreased and when the years of working is higher in an institution, anger can be expressed more easily. The reflection of the problems at work as anger in the family life is a different subject examined. Conclusion: This study provides evidence of socio-demographic characteristics affecting the level of anger and anger expression of drivers. The results of the study can be taken into account when planning interventions for bus drivers in terms of expressing anger correctly and anger control.

Effects of Trait Anger and Anger Expression on Job Satisfaction and Burnout in Preceptor Nurses and Newly Graduated Nurses: A Dyadic Analysis

PurposeThe preceptor–newly graduated nurse (NGN) relationship is integral to the successful experience of clinical teaching and learning and new nurses' transition. However, interpersonal conflicts between them are common. Little is known whether their anger contributes to their level of job satisfaction and burnout. This study aimed to examine the effects of each nurse's anger on job satisfaction and burnout in preceptor–NGN dyads. MethodsA cross-sectional, correlational survey design was used. This study involved 121 preceptor–newly graduate nurse dyads in two hospitals in South Korea. Nurses completed a questionnaire about demographics, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-Korean version, a job satisfaction measure, and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. This study adopted the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to handle dyadic data. ResultsPreceptor nurses reported higher frequencies of feeling anger than did new nurses and appear to have higher levels of trait anger, anger-out, and burnout. Both the preceptors' and NGNs' trait anger was positively associated with preceptors' burnout. Suppressing anger was closely related to the nurses’ own job satisfaction and burnout. Preceptors with a higher level of anger-control had higher job satisfaction, and NGNs with a higher level of anger-control had less burnout. ConclusionThe results indicate that preceptors and new nurses appear to experience significant anger, which is closely associated with their job satisfaction and burnout during their preceptorship. Anger management training programs geared toward educating both preceptors and new nurses about appropriate anger expression in the workplace should be developed to retain valuable nurses.

Effectiveness of Anger Management Training in Reducing Aggressive Behavior and Improving Resilience among Children with Hearing Disability at Amman

Effectiveness of Anger Management Training in Reducing Aggressive Behavior and Improving Resilience among Children with Hearing Disability at Amman

Communication in cancer: its impact on the experience of cancer care: communicating with the angry patient and the patient in denial.

This review aims to describe the recent literature on communication between cancer care clinicians and angry patients and patients in denial. Clinicians had improved perceived self-efficacy in responding to patient anger after completing anger management training, with a focus on reframing anger as a normative response to unmet needs. Psychosocial and mindfulness programmes for cancer patients were found to be useful for modifying anger response to stressors. Existing clinician communication guidelines may not meet the complex needs of adolescents and individuals with anger-prone personality expressing anger. The detrimental effects of avoiding communication about cancer and dying in patients and families include increased stress and emotional burden, patient depression and anxiety and regret in bereaved family members. Further understanding of the complex interplay between the expression of instrumental and emotional concerns of patients may lead to improved clinician communication. Anger and maladaptive denial in patients with cancer have detrimental effects that can be seen across a wide range of cultural contexts, in not only the patient but also in their families and the involved clinicians. Training interventions for both patients and clinicians can benefit patient emotional response and perceived clinician self-efficacy.

Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Training on Aggression and Job Satisfaction on Nurses Working in Psychiatric Hospital

Objectives: Nursing is one of the most stressful jobs. High aggression levels, low job satisfaction and early desertion are counted its problems. Present study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral anger - management training on psychiatric hospital nurses. Methods: It was a semi - experimental study, with pretest - posttest and control group design. The population of study included nurses working in a psychiatric hospital in Tehran and sample group was 44 nurses selected by convenience sampling method. Data collected by Ahvaz aggression inventory (AAI) and job satisfaction questionnaire (JSQ). After pretest the experimental group participated in 4 weekly sessions during a month. Then posttests were accomplished. Obtained data were analyzed by covariance analysis method and SPSS - 20 software. Results: The present study showed significant effectiveness of anger - management training on aggression (F = 26.750, P ≤ 0.001) and job satisfaction (F = 6.071, P < 0.05). Conclusions: According to findings, anger - management training should be applied in psychiatric hospitals as stressful occupational environments to reduce aggression and improve job satisfaction of nurses.

Impact of anger management training on controlling perceived violence and aggression of nurses in emergency departments

Context: The evidence suggests that the communication skills of the emergency department personnel are not optimal, and the employees are not prepared to deal with the violent behaviors of patients and their relatives. Aims: This study aimed to determine the effect of anger management training on controlling the perceived violence and aggression of nurses in emergency departments. Setting and Design: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 112 nurses in emergency departments of educational healthcare centers of Gorgan, Iran, in 2017. Materials and Methods: Nurses were randomly divided into test and control group. In the test group, training of anger management skills was carried out in person, followed by 2-month virtual training, including short messages related to the skill of anger management delivered via Telegram. No specific measure was obtained in the control group. The subjects filled out an anger management skill questionnaire before and after the intervention. Statistical Analysis: Data were analyzed using paired t-test, Wilcoxon test, and Mann–Whitney U-test with P Results: The mean ages of the subjects in the test and control groups were 30.25 ± 3.02 and 28.58 ± 4.16 years, respectively. The comparison of exposure level to verbal violence in the control group was low in the beginning of the study, which had a significant increase at the end of the investigation (P = 0.001). There was a significant difference between the level of exposure to physical violence in the test group before and after the intervention (P = 0.007), whereas no change was observed in the control group (P = 0.91). Only in the test group, there was a reduction in the level of exposure to sexual anger, and the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.006). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, running workshops and following the trainings via the internet reduced the score of exposure to physical and sexual aggression in nurses.

The Effect of Anger Management Training through Cognitive - Behavioral Procedure on Reducing Marital Conflicts

The Effect of Anger Management Training through Cognitive - Behavioral Procedure on Reducing Marital Conflicts

The effect of anger management training on student's adaptability, Golestan University of Medical Sciences

The effect of anger management training on student's adaptability, Golestan University of Medical Sciences

The effectiveness of anger management’s training on difficulty of adolescent's emotion regulation

The purpose of this research is the effect of anger management training on adolescents' emotional regulation. The statistical population is all teenage girls in high school’s 2 nd grade in Asemanabad town in academic year of 2015-2016. We used random sampling to select 30 of them as research’s sample which gathered the highest score from questionnaire. The research tool is Gratz and Roemer’s difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) Before interventions, a pre-test had been conducted on both groups. After, training sessions had been conducted for trial group in 8 one hour long periods. Post-test was conducted on both groups after the end of sessions. We used covariance for data analysis. The results confirm the effectiveness of anger management training on difficulty of emotion regulation. Anger is of the most fervent emotions which can impose a lot of damages on mental and physical health.

Abstract PR02: Randomized controlled trial to increase quality of life and reduce perceived stress among Korean American breast cancer survivors

Abstract Background: Despite large increases in breast cancer incidence among Korean women, there have been remarkably few empirical studies to improve survivorship among Korean American breast cancer survivors (KBCS), many of whom experience linguistic and cultural barriers. According to limited research on Asian Americans, KBCS report low quality of life (QOL) and high perceived stress (henceforth referred to as “stress”). To address this gap, we tested the effectiveness of one of the first linguistically appropriate and culturally sensitive cognitive-behavioral stress management programs that was developed to improve QOL and reduce stress in KBCS. Methods: The TOGETHER (Together Overcome and Get Empowered Through Health Education and Relationships) program consists of seven 2-hour sessions and one follow-up seven weeks post-intervention. These findings are preliminary results based on cycles one to four of the program, consisting of 66 KBCS in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area of which complete data was available for 61 participants (92.4%). The standard intervention (SI) group (n=28) received linguistically and culturally tailored health information related to breast cancer, while the enhanced intervention (EI) group (n=33) received this and additional information/practice on relaxation, stress reduction techniques, mindfulness, utilizing social support, anger management, and assertiveness training. Outcomes were measured at baseline, upon completion of the program, and at follow-up. QOL was assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B), which includes five subscales (physical well-being (PWB), social well-being (SWB), emotional well-being (EWB), functional well-being (FWB), and breast cancer subscale (BCS)), while stress was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Generalized estimating equation (GEE) models were used to examine program effects on QOL and PSS separately. Moreover, the impact of program site (Maryland vs. Virginia), cycle (one to four), and age (less than 65 vs. 65 and over) on these relationships was assessed. Results: Randomization was effective in that SI and EI participants were similar in regards to sociodemographic, breast cancer-related, and acculturation variables. Program site and cycle did not impact program effects on QOL and PSS and were thus not included in subsequent models. For QOL, the SI group had better quality of life at baseline (mean FACT-B score: 103.3) compared to the EI group (mean FACT-B score: 100.7). Changes in mean FACT-B, SWB, and FWB scores significantly differed between the SI and EI group from baseline to the end of the program. Specifically, the EI group had a 7.0 unit greater increase in mean FACT-B scores, 2.6 unit greater increase in mean SWB scores, and 2.5 unit greater increase in mean FWB scores from baseline to the end of the program as compared to the SI group on average. For stress, the EI group had a higher level of stress (mean PSS score: 18.82) than the SI group (mean PSS score: 17.25) at baseline. Changes in mean PSS scores significantly differed across time between the SI and EI groups. Those in the EI group had a 2.7 unit greater decrease in mean PSS scores from baseline to the end of the program as compared to those in the SI group on average. For age, those who were less than 65 showed overall decreases in stress from baseline to follow-up, while those 65 and over showed initial decreases from baseline to the end of the program and then increases from the end of the program to follow-up beyond the baseline values. Conclusions: The TOGETHER program is effective in increasing QOL and reducing stress among KBCS and can potentially be adapted and implemented for other socially or linguistically isolated groups in the U.S. Citation Format: Sunmin Lee, Mary Y. Jung, Jamie H. Sim. Randomized controlled trial to increase quality of life and reduce perceived stress among Korean American breast cancer survivors. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Ninth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2016 Sep 25-28; Fort Lauderdale, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017;26(2 Suppl):Abstract nr PR02.

Effects of Follow-up by Phone Interview and Anger Management Training Provided to Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy on Levels of Self-Esteem, Anger and Depression

Effects of Follow-up by Phone Interview and Anger Management Training Provided to Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy on Levels of Self-Esteem, Anger and Depression

CBT in a Caribbean Context: A Controlled Trial of Anger Management in Trinidadian Prisons.

Anger causes significant problems in offenders and to date few interventions have been described in the Caribbean region. To evaluate a package of CBT-based Anger Management Training provided to offenders in prison in Trinidad. A controlled clinical trial with 85 participants who participated in a 12-week prison-based group anger management programme, of whom 57 (67%: 16 control, 41 intervention) provided pretrial and posttrial outcome data at Times 1 and 2. Intervention and control groups were not directly comparable so outcome was analysed using t-tests. Reductions were noted for state and trait anger and anger expression, with an increase in coping skills for the intervention group. No changes were noted in the control group. The improvements seen on intervention were maintained at 4 month follow-up for a sub-group of participants for whom data were available. Several predictors of outcomes were identified.

Effect of Training Anger-control Skills on Social Adjustment and Anger Self-regulation Skills among High School Students of Khash, Iran in Academic Year of 2009-2010

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect of training anger-control skills on social adjustment and anger management of students. To study the effect of anger management training on social adjustment, three schools were selected through cluster sampling and then 200 students (boys and girls) of six classes of high schools in Khash, Iran responded to questionnaire of anger control as a screening tool. Those who gained rank of 75% and higher based on the scores of this test were determined as students who were not able to control their anger so that they were separated from ordinary population as target group. 30 girls and 30 boys were randomly selected among the target group and divided into two experimental and control groups through random method. Respondent of both groups were evaluated before intervention. Next step included program of training anger management as testing factor or independent variable through 3 months in the form of eight 90-minute sessions for 15 members (boys and girls) of experimental group while the members of control group were continuing their ordinary program. After applying the experimental variable, post-intervention evaluations were conducted for members of both girls and boys groups. Co-variance analysis was applied for data analysis and t test of means differences was applied to compare means of two independent groups. Pre-test sizes was used as covariate variable in variance analysis and to use t test, differences between pre-test and post-test scores for each of respondents were determined in each of scales and subscales monitoring dependent variables. Then, averages of different scores (D) were compared for each group and t test was applied to compare the averages of experimental and control groups. According to the obtained results of this study, experimental interventions have been effective indicating that implementation of training program of anger control has increased adjustment level, reduced anger level in different situations and increased students’ skill in field of anger control. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s2p207

COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING THROUGH FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND ROLE PLAYING IN GIRL STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT COGNITIVE STYLES (DEPENDENT / INDEPENDENT FIELD(

The purpose of this study was to investigate effectiveness of anger management training methods by group discussion and role paling on different cognitive styles of secondary students in Arak. This research was experimental with Factorial design. The population of study included all second grade female students in public middle of Arak that multistage cluster sampling method was used. In framework of pilot project, 80 students in 4 groups of 20 subjects (two groups of field independence and context-dependent groups) were used. Test latent group Vitkin (1977) to determine students 'cognitive styles of Speilberger's Anger Inventory (version 2) (1999) was used to measure students' anger management. Using ANCOVA, analysis of variance of t-test was analyzed for affiliated groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference in effectiveness of focus group discussions and role in the second grade female students increased anger management tips and only in effectiveness of these methods depends on increasing anger management of field independence students with cognitive styles are different. This means that the student group discussion in context-dependent increase anger management role was more effective and play role in enhancing students' anger management group discussion method was more effective than field independence.

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Hostility in firefighters: personality and mental health

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of personality factors, especially hostility, as they related to traumatic stress and mental health symptoms in firefighters.Design/methodology/approach– A group of paid-professional firefighters (n=94) completed a questionnaire study that included a demographic questionnaire, the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Revised, the Framingham Type A Scale, and the Symptom Checklist-90. Multiple regressions were used to evaluate the relationship between neuroticism or lack of agreeableness with hostility, controlling for Type A, years of service and age. Subsequently, hostility was used to predict traumatic stress and mental health symptoms, controlling for Type A, years of service, age, neuroticism, and lack of agreeableness.Findings– Both neuroticism and lack of agreeableness were determined to be significant predictors of hostility. Further, hostility positively predicted somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, Global Severity Index, Positive Symptom Distress Index, and Positive Symptoms Total. Although not significant, trends that hostility also predicted traumatic stress and phobic anxiety were evident.Originality/value– To the knowledge, this is the first study to specifically investigate the impact of hostility on mental health of paid-professional firefighters. In addition, the findings suggest that interventions to screen for and subsequently reduce hostility in firefighters may be beneficial for overall mental health (e.g. anger management training, etc.).

The Effectiveness of Anger Management and Control Training on Mental Health Promotion of Male Students

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of anger management and control training on the mental health promotion of male high school students of Bandar Abbas. The statistical population of the study was all the male students in secondary high schools in Bandar Abbas. The research sample consisted of 50 subjects (25 subjects in the control group and 25 in the test group) who were selected by purposive sampling (non-random) method and through matching and random replacement. Information gathering tool was Mental Health questionnaire GHQ-28 of Goldenberg and Hiller (1979). In order to conduct the survey, a cognitive-behavioral approach with emphasis on child-adult relationship presents a multiple training model regarding anger management which has been compatible with Islamic-Iranian culture in the review level and is been designed in twelve 2-hour sessions. Results in this study showed that the approach of cognitive-behavioral approach (anger management and control training) has a significant effect on mental health (F value= 1811.60 at p <0.001). Therefore, the approach of cognitive-behavioral approach (anger management and control training) is proper in the improvement of students’ mental health.

The Effect of Anger Management Training Using Workshop and Training Package Methods on the Aggression of Patients with Addiction

Background: Given the importance of anger controlling on addicts aggression at withdrawal beginning and their specific conditions, it is essential that different educational methods tailored to the content anger management to reduce aggression and control anger in the addicted people. Aim: This study aimed to compare the effect of anger management training using workshop and training package methods on the aggression of patients with addiction. Method: In this randomized clinical trial, 60 Clients referred to the addiction withdrawal clinic of psychiatric hospitals of Mashhad in 2014-2015, were allocated into three groups, educational workshops)n=20) (4 sessions over 2 days of anger management training) and training package (n = 20)(trained as a manual and CD) and control (n = 20)(no intervention). Bass & Perry Aggression Questionnaire was implemented immediately before and one month after the intervention. For data analysis, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and paired t-test were performed, using SPSS version 11.5. Results Based on the results of One-way ANOVA, there was a significant difference between the three groups of workshop (14.7±9.4), training package (10.3±5.3), and control (-2.8±3.6); (P<0.001) with respect to aggression mean score variance. Tukey’s post-hoc test reflected a significant difference between the workshop and training package groups (P<0.001) and between the workshop and control groups (P<0.001). However, differences between the training package and control groups were not statistically significant (P=0.97). Implications for Practice: Holding workshops on anger management can be highly effective in lowering aggression in drug addicts, due to its interactive nature.

Effect of anger management education on mental health and aggression of prisoner women

Background and Purpose:“Uncontrolled anger” threats the compatible and health of people as serious risk. The effects of weaknesses and shortcomings in the management of anger, from personal distress and destruction interpersonal relationships beyond and linked to the public health problems, lack of compromises, and aggressive behavior adverse outcomes. This study investigates the effects of anger management education on mental health and aggression of prisoner women in Isfahan.Materials and Methods:The single-group quasi-experimental (pretest, posttest) by prisoner women in the central prison of Isfahan was done. Multi-stage random sampling method was used. Initially, 165 women were selected randomly and completed the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire-28, and among these, those with scores >78 (the cut point) in aggression scale was selected and among them 70 were randomly selected. In the next step, interventions in four 90 min training sessions were conducted. Posttest was performed within 1-month after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS-20 software.Results:Data analysis showed that anger management training was effective in reducing aggression (P < 0.001) and also had a positive effect on mental health (P < 0.001).Conclusion:According to the importance of aggression in consistency and individual and collective health and according to findings, presented educational programs on anger management is essential for female prisoners.

The Effectiveness of Anger Management Training on Decreasing the Anger of Unsupervised Girl Adolescents

This study aims to study the effectiveness of anger management training on decreasing anger of unsupervised girl adolescents aged 15 - 18 years old of Tehran. This research was an experimental one with plan of pre-test-post-test control group. The statistical universe of this research consisted of all unsupervised girl adolescents aged 15 - 18 years old of Tehran. The sample was 24 unsupervised girl adolescents identified from girls assigned to the two groups: experimental group and control group. Data were collected using the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2). Analysis of variance with repeated measure showed that the anger management training significantly decreased anger in the experimental group (P < 0.01). This finding has important implications as regards the education and mental health of adolescents.