In one example, a 15-year-old boy with anger issues viewed his girlfriend's father slapping his girlfriend. The anger and frustration that he felt over the incident carried over into his behavior at school, where he lashed out at a teacher (Laursen & Lok, 2008)
Often, it is frustration that causes anger. This is called the "frustration-aggression hypothesis" and it shows that frustration can lead to aggression and anger in most people (Levinson, 2006)
Some people even promote yoga and other forms of gentle exercise to promote anger management and a calmer demeanor. Using the techniques of deep breathing, meditation, and calming poses, yoga helps a person become more aware of themselves and what triggers their anger, and helps them manage it more effectively (Mooney, 2003)
They may have to seek psychiatric counseling, as well, and in the cases of children, their parents may have to seek counseling as well as learn management techniques to help their children cope with this disorder. Children may also have to learn a variety of other control measures, such as social skills, relaxation techniques, and problem solving to help manage their anger and aggression (Nelson, Finch, & Hart, 2006, p
It promotes new social realities and fortifies newly emerging cultural possibilities. Group counseling is both a product of a democratic evolution and a tool for meeting its needs (Bitter, Pelonis, & Sonstegard, 2004, p
If the team approach will not work in a given company, the manager should understand that what causes stress are low levels of communication and low levels of participation. Increasing communication and participation will therefore help reduce stress (Brott, 1994, p
Each person develops this style in early childhood and so gains a basic unity of personality. This pattern may not be evident to the person but can be revealed through therapy (Dewey, 1978, pp
Fourth, the individual always sees reality from a subjective point-of-view, interpreting the world according to his or her own private logic. The individual can thus "learn by experience only if no personal bias is involved" (Dreikurs, 1989, p
The most promising results will come from those that are comprehensive, evidence-based, and serve to build positive skills and strengths in young persons. (Amendola & Scozzie, 2004¶ 7)) Six models presented in this study: The Check and Connect Model: A continual K-12 intervention, which promotes student engagement with school
Botvin (2005), "Sixth Graders' Conflict Resolution in Role Plays with a Peer, Parent, and Teacher," the authors note that conflict situations for teens "can be particularly demanding because they require using multiple social skills simultaneously when the adolescent is personally invested in a social interaction." (Borbely, Graber, Nichols, Brooks-Gunn, & Botvin (2005), ¶ 1) Their investigation considers "the role of method, context, and social skills in adolescent conflict resolution
This study, suggests that particularly in high school age, leaders' focus might best be implemented by helping youth teach themselves. (Dworkin, Larson, & Hansen, 2003, ¶ 28) Alternate Choices A
RET, a structured process helps individuals rationally deal with problems which "live' within their affective domain. (Glick
4) contends that: "Healthy anger management is based on the following key guiding principles. (Golden, 2003, p
Fifty adolescent psychiatric inpatients, with high levels of anger, were selected and "randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions." Questions addressed included: Can adolescents acquire the skills for anger management when the intervention is condensed into a 4-session series? Do these skills generalize to social situations in a meaningful way, and are they maintained?(Kessler, Snyder, & Kymissis (1999, ¶ 22) The authors found the need exists for the generalization of skills to natural social settings and that ways to extract more generalization and maintenance information related to skills in the ensuring days; weeks; months following the treatment program
Koerner, author of "It may be all the rage, but does it work," relates a debate over the value of anger management program. (Koerner, 1999, ¶ 1) Koerner cites Pamela Stiebs Smith, a research specialist at the University of Wisconsin Law School
Anger can also weaken the body's immune system and make it more difficult to fight off diseases.." (Levinson
Suppress it 3. Redirect it (Litynski, 2002, ¶ 3) When not controlled or managed, Litynski (2002, ¶ 2) warns,
Anger Management for Students in Schools Tom Mashberg writes about teens who meet once a week in Boston MA to address the explosive anger they have inside them in his newspaper article: "Breaking chains of anger challenges teens in therapy." (Mashberg, 2000, ¶ 1) Jesska, 13, carries Bic lighters with her and burns herself, along with other things
Adding high-risk youth, nevertheless, may prove counterproductive due to their externalizing problems into pure treatment groups, a concern founded on the "acting out" nature of externalizing problems, along with the contributed value adolescents place on peers at this stage in their lives. (Mager, Milich, Harris & Howard, 2005, ¶ 1) Hypotheses for this study included: 1
" As courts and schools continue to make increasing numbers of referrals, anger management programs are currently overwhelmed and the concerns daily grown more serious. (Mooney, 1996, ¶ 2) Betty Lou Valentine, director of Central Youth and Family Services in Seattle, states: "We have a waiting list of people with issues and problems who can't get into a group