A Behavioral Activation Model for Resiliency Development for the Group Treatment of Anger Control Problems in a Substance-Abusing Population

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Vitulano ◽  
Michael L. Vitulano ◽  
Laura Macpherson ◽  
Carl W. Lejuez
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Substance Abusing ◽  
Activation Model ◽  
Anger Control

Preliminary Assessment of the Behavioral Activation Model in Japanese Undergraduate Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koki Takagaki ◽  
Isa Okajima ◽  
Shun Nakajima ◽  
Shin-Ichi Ishikawa ◽  
Yoshihiko Kunisato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Activation Model ◽  
School Students ◽  
Contact Frequency

Many studies have reported that behavioral activation is an effective intervention for depression. The behavioral activation model is based on several formulations. For example, depressive mood leads to avoidant behaviors, avoidance negatively affects social contacts, decreased socialization lessens opportunities for positive reinforcement, and a decrease in positive reinforcement results in more depressive mood. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among avoidant behavior, social contact, frequency of positive reinforcement, and depressive mood by using structural equation modeling to assess support for aspects of this behavioral activation model. Participants were 630 Japanese undergraduate students and vocational school students. Results provided preliminary support for the model. Treating both avoidance and activating behavior might contribute to decreased impairment.

scholarly journals Investigation of Teachers Anger Control Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Munevver Mertoğlu
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Anger Management ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Statistical Measures ◽  
Test Points ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

The aim of this research is to determine the reasons for the anger levels of teachers and administrators considering some variables and to recommend sustainable changes to the school system. To analyse the data the Kruskal−Wallis test and other statistical measures were used. The results show that while there is no significant relationship with gender, other seniority and socio-economic status of teachers in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade have meaningfully higher anger test points than primary and high school teachers. The external anger points are significantly lower among the teachers who like their professions versus those who do not like their profession. As a result, sustainable anger management programmes in schools via seminars or training sessions can contribute to changing teachers’ attitudes towards their students by providing information about the nature of adolescence, and solutions to addressing the challenges of working with them.

Erratum

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-577
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Path Coefficient ◽  
Activation Model ◽  
Moderate Negative Correlation

Takagaki, K., Okajima, I., Kunisato, Y., Nakajima, S., Kanai, Y., Ishikawa, S-I., & Sakano, Y. (2013)) Preliminary assessment of the behavioral activation model in Japanese undergraduate students. Psychological Reports, 112, 1, 47–59. The last seven lines of page 54 and the first four lines of page 55 should be cor-rected to read as follows: “The results suggest that depressive mood has a moderate positive relation-ship with avoidance (path coefficient = .44), a small but negative relationship with activation (path coefficient = −.25), and no significant relationship to attenuation of social contact. Avoidance was positively related to attenuation of social contact (path coefficient = .78). Activation had a moderate negative correlation with attenuation of social contact (path coefficient = −.41). Attenuation of social contact had a moderate negative correlation with frequency of positive reinforcement (path coefficient = −.53). In addition, frequency of positive reinforcement had a moderate negative correlation with depressive mood (path coefficient = −.48; Fig. 4).

scholarly journals Adolescent Attachment Profiles Are Associated With Mental Health and Risk-Taking Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjo Flykt ◽  
Mervi Vänskä ◽  
Raija-Leena Punamäki ◽  
Lotta Heikkilä ◽  
Aila Tiitinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

This person-oriented study aimed to identify adolescents’ hierarchical attachment profiles with parents and peers, and to analyze associations between the profiles and adolescent psychosocial adjustment. Participants were 449 Finnish 17–19-year-olds reporting their attachments to mother, father, best friend, and romantic partner and details on mental health (internalizing symptoms, inattention/hyperactivity, and anger control problems) and risk-taking behavior (substance use and sexual risk-taking). Attachment was measured with Experiences in Close Relationships – Relationship Structures (ECR-RS); internalizing, inattention/hyperactivity, and anger control problems with Self-Report of Personality — Adolescent (SRP—A) of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, third edition (BASC-3); substance use with the Consumption scale of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) and items from the Finnish School Health Promotion Study; and sexual risk-taking behavior with the Cognitive Appraisal of Risky Events (CARE). Latent profile analysis identified five attachment profiles: “All secure” (39%), “All insecure” (11%), “Parents insecure – Peers secure” (21%), “Parents secure – Friend insecure” (10%), and “Parents secure – Partner insecure” (19%). “All insecure” adolescents showed the highest and “All secure” adolescents the lowest levels of mental health problems and substance use. Further, parental attachment security seemed to specifically prevent substance use and anger control problems, while peer attachment security prevented internalizing problems. Our findings help both understand the organization of attachment hierarchies in adolescence and refine the role of specific attachment relationships in psychosocial adjustment, which can be important for clinical interventions in adolescence.

scholarly journals 0530 Hybrid Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group Treatment Model for Insomnia and Chronic Pain

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A202-A203
Author(s):  
S Ochsner Margolies
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Sleep Diary ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Pain Acceptance ◽  
Pain Outcomes ◽  
Insomnia Symptoms

Abstract Introduction Insomnia is a common complaint for individuals with chronic pain. CBT-I as an intervention for these patients shows strong improvement in sleep but not consistently in pain outcomes. Current treatment approaches for chronic pain focus increasingly on acceptance-based interventions. Integrating ACT into a CBT-I group protocol has the potential to optimize both sleep and pain outcomes. Methods A hybrid CBT-I/ACT 6-session weekly group protocol for chronic pain and insomnia was developed and piloted. CBT-I components included sleep education, stimulus control, and sleep restriction. ACT components included cognitive defusion, self-as-context, present moment awareness, mindfulness, and values-guided behavioral activation. Pre-post measures assessing insomnia symptoms, sleep parameters based on sleep diary, sleep catastrophizing, pain catastrophizing, pain acceptance, beliefs about pain and sleep, depression, and anxiety were analyzed using frequency analyses and paired sample t-tests. Results Group participants (4) recruited from an outpatient pain management clinic were on average 57 years old, 100% female and 75% White. Post-treatment, patients reported significantly improved insomnia symptoms (ISI Mdiff=5.8, SDdiff=3.9, p < .05, ES=1.5), sleep efficiency (SE, Mdiff=16%, SDdiff= 10%, p = .05, ES=1.5), pain catastrophizing (PCS Mdiff=7.8, SDdiff=4.6, p < .05, ES=1.6), pain acceptance (CPAQ Mdiff=11.5, SDdiff=7.5, p = .05, ES=1.5), beliefs about the relationship between pain and sleep (PBAS Mdiff=2.3, SDdiff=1.3, p < .05, ES=1.8) and anxiety (GAD-7 Mdiff=3.3, SDdiff=2.1, p < .05, ES = 1.6). Conclusion Hybrid CBT-I/ACT group protocol for chronic pain and insomnia showed significant improvements in sleep and, more importantly, pain outcomes. This pilot study demonstrates the benefits of incorporating an ACT approach to optimize pain as well as sleep outcomes. Future efforts will continue to refine the CBT-I/ACT protocol in anticipation of conducting a dismantling study to determine the clinical benefits of adding an ACT framework to the CBT-I model. Support NA

Effects of Group Prosocial Skills Training on Anger Control in Prison Inmates

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus R. Forbes ◽  
George J. Pratsinak ◽  
Thomas J. Fagan ◽  
Robert K. Ax
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Prison Inmates ◽  
Prosocial Skills ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
And Behaviors

A prosocial skills training program did not significantly affect the abilities of 48 adult male prison inmates to manage anger. Eight group treatment sessions did not influence their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors developed over years of experiential learning.

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