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The RETHINK Parenting and Anger Management Program: A Follow‐Up Validation Study *
Author(s) -
Fetsch Robert J.,
Yang Raymond K.,
Pettit Matthew J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00521.x
Subject(s) - anger , anger management , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , conflict management , social science , sociology
This study is the first follow‐up assessment of the RETHINK Parenting and Anger Management Program. Parent participants ( N = 168) reduced their anger, violence, and family conflict levels from posttest to follow‐up, on average, at 2.5 months on 13 of 15 dependent variables. Current findings are consistent with a small, albeit growing body of literature supporting the efficacy of RETHINK in improving anger management and parenting skills. When mothers and fathers participate in 6 or 7 weekly RETHINK sessions, they appear to learn the verbal reasoning skills they need to lower their anger, conflict, and violence levels and the changes persist for at least 2.5 months.