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• What is Anger Management?

  A form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which attempts to change the way a person thinks.
• What cognitive assumptions is this based off of?

  Behaviour is influenced by internal mental processes and the human brain works like a computer
• How many main aims does anger management have?

  2
• What is the short term aim of anger management?

  This aim of anger management is to reduce the levels of anger and aggression in prisons.
• What is the long term aim of anger management?

  Reducing Recidivism Rates.
• What can result if anger is controlled in prisons?

  If the effects of anger are limited, then offenders who are prone to angry outbursts may be able to reduce the likelihood of their anger causing criminal (often violent) behaviour.
• Hoe does the cognitive approach influence anger management?

  By creating the aim to change the way an individual handles anger and aggression.
• What does this highlight?

  That the overall situation may not be changeable, but the way in which one thinks of it can be changed- this can ultimately change their behaviour.
• Who proposed 3 additional aims for anger management?

  Novaco (2011)
• What are they?- RATS CAN'T BEHAVE

  Cognitive restructuring, Regulation of arousal and Behavioural strategies.
• Regulation of Arousal

  Learning how to control the physiological state
• What does this do?

  Relieve tension
• Cognitive Restructuring

  Gaining self- awareness and control over thoughts . Making the irrational more rational.
• Behavioural Strategies

  Learning problem-solving skills
• What does Novaco (2013) say about Prisons?

  They are efficient anger factories.
• Who do Prisons increase anger?

  They are overcrowded, other prisoners tend to be violent and so others may feel like they need to act tough to survive in that environment.
• What is HAB?

  When an individual's subjective opinion on another individual is always inherently negative.
• What is one reason why anger management is needed?

  Criminals tend to have irrational thinking patterns and cognitive distortions such as Hostile Attribution Bias,
• What model do anger management programmes follow?

  Stress Inoculation model.
• What is stress inoculation?

  It is a way of 'vaccinating' an individual against anger so that when they encounter an anger provoking situation, they are better able to cope and will not engage in aggressive behaviour.
• How many steps of anger man are there?

  3 main steps
• CSA

  Conceptualisation, Skill- Acquisition and rehearsal, Application
• Conceptualisation

  Attempts to change how the client sees anger. This is done by clients analysing their own patterns of anger and identify situations that‘d cause anger.
• Skill Acquisition and Rehearsal

  This involves teaching clients key shills on how to better manage/ approach anger provoking situations.
• Application

  Clients need to practice their skills. This is done through role-playing situations that previously made them angry. Here, freeback is given by the therapist and other members. Later in the course, clients can practice their skills irl.
• What is an example of an effective programme of anger management?

  CALM
• What is CALM?

  Controlling Anger and Learning to manage it.
• How can the programme help?

  By helping participants control, monitor and understand emotions to prevent problematic behaviour.
• What does it help participants learn?

  Reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of anger so that agression becomes of a lower likelihood.
• How many sessions does CALM have?

  24