Group process as a mechanism of change in the group treatment of anger and aggression.

Angry reactions can present unique challenges to the process of conducting group therapy, especially when providing group treatment to participants who have histories of angry or aggressive behavior. This article briefly reviews relevant literature and describes a group-based violence reduction training program (VRTP). The VRTP conceptualizes anger and aggression from a frustration-aggression framework and employs treatment derived from research in the area of social problem-solving.

Guidelines for cognitive behavioral training within doctoral psychology programs in the United States: report of the Inter-organizational Task Force on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology Doctoral Education.

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies initiated an interorganizational task force to develop guidelines for integrated education and training in cognitive and behavioral psychology at the doctoral level in the United States. Fifteen task force members representing 16 professional associations participated in a year-long series of conferences, and developed a consensus on optimal doctoral education and training in cognitive and behavioral psychology. The recommendations assume solid foundational training that is typical within applied psychology areas such as clinical and counseling psychology programs located in the United States.

The moderating effects of cluster B personality traits on violence reduction training: a mixed-model analysis.

Cognitive behavioral therapies have positive effects on anger and aggression; however, individuals differ in their response to treatment. The authors previously found that dynamic factors, such as increases in readiness to change, are associated with enhanced outcomes for violence reduction training. This study investigated how less dynamic factors, specifically Cluster B personality traits, moderate the effects of violence reduction training.

Adolescent psychiatric patients and their parents: comparison with a non-clinical cohort.

The study compared the psychiatric symptoms, coping skills, and family functioning of adolescent psychiatric inpatients and their primary caretakers with a non-clinical comparison group of adolescents and their primary caretakers. Participants completed measures of psychiatric symptoms, life experiences, problem-solving ability, family functioning, and anger. MANOVAs compared the adolescents and caretakers across the normative and clinical samples.