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ANGER CONTROL FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: A CRITICAL REVIEW

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2002

Simon Whitaker
Simon Whitaker
Affiliation:
University of Huddersfield, U.K.
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Abstract

The literature on the use of cognitively based anger control packages of treatment for people with learning disabilities is reviewed. It is found that the experimental evidence for the effectiveness of such treatment is weak. There is, however, good evidence that two of the components of the package, relaxation and self-monitoring, can be effective in their own right, with relaxation being found to reduce anger and self-monitoring to reduce other challenging behaviours. The use of cognitive procedures with people who have learning disabilities is discussed.

Keywords

Anger controllearning disabilitiesself-monitoringrelaxationchallenging behaviour
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Main Section
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 277 - 293
Copyright
© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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