Two Anger Management Programs for Teens.

NCT ID: NCT02001246

Last Updated: 2016-11-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Anger Hostility Aggression

Keywords

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mindfulness cognitive behavior therapy awareness anger aggression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Real Deal program for Anger Management

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Real Deal program for Anger Management

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Real Deal is an eight week program with sessions one day per week. Each session is approximately 2 hr long.

Mind-body Bridging program

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mind-body Bridging (MBB) program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MBB is an eight week program with sessions one day per week. Each session is approximately 2 hr long.

Interventions

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Real Deal program for Anger Management

Real Deal is an eight week program with sessions one day per week. Each session is approximately 2 hr long.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mind-body Bridging (MBB) program

MBB is an eight week program with sessions one day per week. Each session is approximately 2 hr long.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yoshio Nakamura

Research Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yoshio Nakamura, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Utah

Locations

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Pain Research Center, Anesthesiology, University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

Salt Lake County Youth Services

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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IRB_00067796

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id