The Effects of Anger Management Groups in a Day School for Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents

Reports the results of an anger management program for emotionally disturbed adolescents (N=7) who scored in the clinical range on the Conduct subscale of the Conners Teacher Rating Scale. The program included psychoeducation, anger discrimination training, and training on prosocial responses to ang...

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Published in:Adolescence 1999-12, Vol.34 (136), p.645-651
Main Authors: Kellner, Millicent H, Bry, Brenna H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent aggressiveness
Adolescents
Aggression
Aggressiveness (Psychology) in adolescence
Anger
Anger in children
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Care and treatment
Child psychology
Childhood anger
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Day Schools
Education, Special
Emotional Disturbances
Female
Group Counseling
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mentally ill teenagers
Miscellaneous
Prosocial Behavior
Psychoeducational Methods
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapy, Group - methods
Secondary Education
Self Management
Social Behavior Disorders - rehabilitation
Stress management
Teenagers
Treatments
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Summary:Reports the results of an anger management program for emotionally disturbed adolescents (N=7) who scored in the clinical range on the Conduct subscale of the Conners Teacher Rating Scale. The program included psychoeducation, anger discrimination training, and training on prosocial responses to anger. Results indicate evidence of positive effects, including a trend toward fewer incidents of physical aggression. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/GCP)
ISSN:0001-8449