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Effectiveness of anger treatments for specific anger problems: A meta-analytic review
Del Vecchio, T., & O'Leary, K. D. (2004). Effectiveness of anger treatments for specific anger problems: A meta-analytic review.
Level A Meta-analysis doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2003.09.006
What this study supports
Supports the claims that anger treatments showed medium to large effects and that analyses by anger type supported cognitive therapies for driving anger, anger suppression and trait anger and relaxation for state anger. Treatment studies with control groups; the authors call for research with treatment-seeking and clinical populations.
- Who was studied
- 23 controlled treatment studies (1980–2002) in non-institutionalised adults with anger established by standardised measures.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Level of evidence
- Syntheses of controlled studies: meta-analyses and systematic reviews of experiments and trials.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
Clinical boundaryLevel AConfidence MODERATE
A meta-analysis of 23 controlled studies in adults with anger established by standardised measures found medium to large treatment effects, supporting cognitive therapies for driving anger, anger suppression and trait anger and relaxation for state anger.
- Scope
- Structured anger treatments in non-institutionalised adults, 1980–2002.
- Caveat
- Studies up to 2002 with few treatment-seeking or clinical participants; these are professional treatments, not self-help.
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