anger and aggression management
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention (if applicable):
The study contains 5 daily training-task sessions over a period of one week.
Aggression will be measured after each session, with a validated computer task.
In additio
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Criteria for inclusion consisted of a primary diagnoses of anger management problems, which will be assessed with the Spielberger trait anger scale (1988). A cut off score of 50 will be used (on a scale from 1
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria will be used. As previous research has shown, many people with personality disorders suffer from anger related problems, and some authors have suggested that anger can even be seen as an independent diagnostic entity (DiGiuseppe, et al., 2011). For this reason, we will not exclude participants based on their personality disorder/DSM diagnosis. However, to control for variations in psychological and psychopathological symptoms, we will measure participants* level of depression and/or anxiety symptoms with the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology * Self Report (IDS-SR, Rush, Giles, Schlesser, Fulton, Weissenburger, & Burns, 1986; Rush, Guillion, Basco, Jarrett, & Trivedi, 1996; Rush, Carmody, & Reimitz, 2000), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI, Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988; Beck, & Steer, 1990) beforehand. In addition, we will be able to take into account participants* DSM diagnosis as they have been at the intake at NPI.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main study parameters/endpoints: The effectiveness of training-task towards threatening stimuli will be assessed by using quantitative measurement instruments (diary during and after training period, state anger and aggression measurement after each training-task session), and peer reports of participants* aggression. In addition, participants approach bias towards threatening stimuli will be assessed before and after the training-task period using an Approach Avoidance Task (AAT) and an Implicit Association Task (IAT). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed