@article{ref1,
title="The impact of trauma-focused psychotherapies on anger: a systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2024",
author="Wells, Stephanie Y. and Patel, Tapan A. and Halverson, Tate F. and LoSavio, Stefanie T. and Morland, Leslie and Wachsman, Tamara and Ponzini, Gabriella T. and Kelton, Katherine and Mackintosh, Margaret-Anne and Powell, Ashlyn and Kaplan, Samantha and Dillon, Kirsten H.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Anger is one of the most prevalent concerns among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is often a residual symptom following PTSD treatment. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine how effective trauma-focused PTSD psychotherapies are in reducing anger. <br><br>METHOD: The study was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. This study conducted a systematic review of studies that reported the effect of trauma-focused treatments on anger outcomes. Additionally, a meta-analysis was conducted with a subset of studies that used randomized controlled trials (RCTs) methodologies to compare trauma-focused PTSD treatments to nontrauma-focused and control conditions. <br><br>RESULTS: The systematic review included 16 studies with a total of 1,846 participants. In 11 of the studies, there was a significant decrease in an anger dimension following treatment. Eight studies with 417 total participants met inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis yielded a pooled effect size of PTSD treatment on anger of Hedges's g = 0.33. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Overall, trauma-focused treatments for PTSD significantly improve anger, but the magnitude of change is small-to-medium. Additional research is needed to determine how best to maximize anger outcomes following trauma-focused treatment or determine if and when targeted anger treatment is needed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0001697",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001697"
}