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A multimodal cognitive‐behavioural approach to anger reduction in an occupational sample
Author(s) -
Gerzina Mark A.,
Drummond Peter D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317900166976
Subject(s) - anger , psychology , anxiety , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive restructuring , treatment and control groups , anger management , relaxation (psychology) , session (web analytics) , cognitive therapy , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , pathology , world wide web , computer science
The effectiveness of a cognitive‐behavioural package approach to anger reduction designed specifically for a non‐research setting was investigated in 26 self‐referring police officers. Participants who were available for session times were randomly assigned to either a treatment or a wait‐list control condition. The treatment condition involved 6 90‐minute weekly sessions and included training in relaxation skills, cognitive reappraisal, response disruption and problem solving, and was compared to a wait‐list control group. At post‐treatment, the treatment group showed reduced scores on a majority of the anger measures compared to the control group. In addition, a decrease in general anxiety in the treatment group was interpreted as a reflection of treatment generalization. Therapeutic gains were maintained at 8‐week follow‐up. The findings demonstrate the viability of anger‐reduction programmes outside of the typical research populations employed to date.