TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Anger: A Meta-Analysis
JO  - Cognitive therapy and research
A1  - Beck, Richard
A1  - Fernandez, Ephrem
SP  - 63
EP  - 74
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
N2  - Anger has come to be recognized as a significant social problem worthy of clinical attention and systematic research. In the last two decades, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has emerged as the most common approach to anger management. The overall efficacy of this treatment has not been ascertained, and therefore, it was decided to conduct a meta-analysis of this literature. Based on 50 studies incorporating 1,640 subjects, it was found that CBT produced a grand mean weighted effect size of .70, indicating that the average CBT recipient was better off than 76% of untreated subjects in terms of anger reduction. This effect was statistically significant, robust, and relatively homogeneous across studies. These findings represent a quantitative integration of 20 years of research into a coherent picture of the efficacy of CBT for anger management. The results also serve as an impetus for continued research on the treatment of anger. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Springer)  Adult Anger Adult Treatment Anger Treatment Anger Management Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Cognitive Therapy Meta-Analysis 02-02<p />
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SN  - 0147-5916
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -