Mindfulness and the treatment of anger problems |
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| Authors: | Steven Wright Andrew Day Kevin Howells |
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| Institution: | aSchool of Psychology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia;bCentre for Offender Reintegration at Deakin, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia;cPeaks Academic and Research Unit, Rampton Hospital and Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University, UK |
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| Abstract: | Clinical interventions based on training in mindfulness skills are an increasingly common part of psychological practice. Mindfulness training can lead to reductions in a variety of problematic conditions including pain, stress, anxiety, depressive relapse, psychosis, and disordered eating but to date there have been few attempts to investigate the effectiveness of this approach with problematic anger. In this paper, the literature in relation to the theory and treatment of problematic anger is reviewed, with the aim of determining whether a rationale exists for the use of mindfulness with angry individuals. It is concluded that anger as an emotion seems particularly appropriate for the application of mindfulness-based interventions, and the potential mechanisms for its proposed effects in alleviating the cognitive, affective and behavioral manifestations of anger are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Mindfulness Anger Treatment Forensic |
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