Anger Management Techniques

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This paper explains that anger is a common emotion, which can be healthy and natural when managed correctly; however, adolescents and children do not always have the cognitive skills to know how to react when they are feeling angry. The author stresses that, in the classroom, teaching these types of skills are important because training students with anger management techniques helps students become successful members of society through enhanced communication skills, better relationships with their peers and the resulting self-esteem building. The paper details some cognitive-behavior interventions include relaxing coping skills, cognitive interventions, social skills training and problem-solving skills training.

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"A self-managing technique used for anger is what is called an "Anger Log". This was tried by Kellner, Salvador, and Bry (2001) in a middle school for students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. The students would keep track of every incident throughout the day in which they actually felt angry whether it was constructive or destructive anger. The student would record what made them angry, how angry they were and to what degree, and how they dealt with the anger, or what they did about the anger. The students would then record in their "Anger Log" how they would deal with a similar incident that made them feel angry, and if they thought the way they managed their anger worked pro-socially in their favor. They would then give themselves an overall rating for each incident from "poorly" to "great"."

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