Two Anger Management Programs for Teens.

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Aggression; Hostility; Anger

Treatments: Behavioral: Real Deal program for Anger Management; Behavioral: Mind-body Bridging (MBB) program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02001246

IRB_00067796

Details and patient eligibility

About

The general aim of the proposed pilot study is to evaluate the the efficacy of mind-body bridging (MBB) for anger management compared with the Real Deal anger management program, in helping adolescents control or reduce their anger.

Full description

In this pilot randomized-controlled study, we evaluate the effects of MBB as compared with an established anger management program (Real Deal), in helping youth prone to anger develop tools to effectively reduce and control their anger, and potentially reduce other negative emotions and feelings that might be associated with their anger.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking
• self-, or allo-referred (parents, peers, court-ordered, school, etc.), based on their propensity for displaying various disruptive, externalizing behaviors, including, anger, hostility, oppositional behavior, and temper outbursts, and as such identified by Youth Services (YS) as a suitable candidate to attend a YS anger management program.

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Real Deal program for Anger Management

Active Comparator group

Description:

The Real Deal Anger Management Program is a structured, video-based intervention, which is an easy-to-implement, "plug and play" program that engages students in: (a) cognitive exercises for learning to recognize and correct thinking errors that lead to anger, (b) active practice of social-behavioral skills through role-playing, and (c) participation in progressive muscle relaxation exercises. The program features three training videos that focus on specific skills for controlling conflict.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Real Deal program for Anger Management

Mind-body Bridging program

Experimental group

Description:

The Mind-Body Bridging program for anger management, includes experiential awareness activities, in which individuals learn to become aware of their thoughts, feelings, emotions, and bodily sensations, to help them identify and deal with ruminative and negative thoughts that might be associated with their anger. MBB helps participants use their senses to listen to sounds, and experience visual or tactile input, to calm their minds and relax their bodies. Written 'mapping' exercises enable them to recognize and defuse requirements, which are expectations of how they or the world should be. For the MBB anger management program, participants will be provided with a variety of mapping exercises to identify the source of their anger, and how they can effectively control it.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mind-body Bridging (MBB) program