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dc.contributor.authorHowells, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T12:39:32Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T12:39:32Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationWright, S., Day, A. & Howells, K. (2009). Mindfulness and the treatment of anger problems. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14 (5), pp.396-401.
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.avb.2009.06.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/5104
dc.description.abstractClinical interventions based on training in mindfulness skills are an increasingly common part of psychological practice. Mindfulness training can lead to reductions in a variety of problematic conditions including pain, stress, anxiety, depressive relapse, psychosis, and disordered eating but to date there have been few attempts to investigate the effectiveness of this approach with problematic anger. In this paper, the literature in relation to the theory and treatment of problematic anger is reviewed, with the aim of determining whether a rationale exists for the use of mindfulness with angry individuals. It is concluded that anger as an emotion seems particularly appropriate for the application of mindfulness-based interventions, and the potential mechanisms for its proposed effects in alleviating the cognitive, affective and behavioral manifestations of anger are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.
dc.description.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178909000718
dc.subjectMindfulness
dc.subjectAnger
dc.titleMindfulness and the treatment of anger problems
dc.typeArticle
html.description.abstractClinical interventions based on training in mindfulness skills are an increasingly common part of psychological practice. Mindfulness training can lead to reductions in a variety of problematic conditions including pain, stress, anxiety, depressive relapse, psychosis, and disordered eating but to date there have been few attempts to investigate the effectiveness of this approach with problematic anger. In this paper, the literature in relation to the theory and treatment of problematic anger is reviewed, with the aim of determining whether a rationale exists for the use of mindfulness with angry individuals. It is concluded that anger as an emotion seems particularly appropriate for the application of mindfulness-based interventions, and the potential mechanisms for its proposed effects in alleviating the cognitive, affective and behavioral manifestations of anger are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.


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