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Understanding Clinical Anger and Violence: The Anger Avoidance Model

Gardner, Frank L., Moore, Zella E.·2008·Behavior Modification
DOI 10.1177/0145445508319282
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Although anger is a primary emotion and holds clear functional necessities, the presence of anger and its behavioral manifestations of aggression/violence can have serious emotional, health, and social consequences. Despite such consequences, the construct of clinical anger has to date suffered from few theoretical and treatment advancements and has received insufficient research attention. Thus, the purpose of this article is to introduce the Anger Avoidance Model, which is a new conceptualization of clinical anger and its behavioral manifestations. The Anger Avoidance Model suggests that among anger patients, a chronic early aversive history leads to information processing biases and emotion regulation deficits, which in turn result in intense efforts to avoid the experience of anger. This avoidance takes the form of hostile rumination (cognitive avoidance) and aggressive and violent behavior (behavioral avoidance). This model holds clear implications for research and treatment of this challenging clinical phenomenon.

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Authors
Gardner, F. L., & Moore, Z. E.
Affiliations
  • La Salle University (US)
  • Manhattan University (US)
ORCID
Gardner, Frank L.
Venue
Behavior Modification
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-07-09
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pages
897-912
ISSN
  • 0145-4455 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4167
DOI
10.1177/0145445508319282
OpenAlex
W1974239922
Cited by
128
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Behavior Modification (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
aggression, violence, cognitive avoidance, emotional dysregulation, information processing biases, anger management
MeSH terms
Aggression, Anger, Avoidance Learning, Behavior Therapy, Defense Mechanisms, Hostility, Humans, Internal-External Control, Models, Psychological, Violence

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