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Sammut, Henwood Kevin. "Anger dysfunction and its treatment among offenders." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30999/.
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This thesis sought to explore the effectiveness of CBT based anger management interventions with offenders. This was achieved in part through a random control trial on a sample of 24 community based male offenders, screened for dysfunctional anger. Statistical analysis revealed significant post-intervention reductions for both Groups in the reported anger symptoms and a substantial overall treatment effect noted (r = .89). The intervention used in the RCT was adapted to provide treatment for a female offender (N=1). An in-depth formulation of the case study facilitated the adaptation of the programme for the female offender. The case study was assessed at baseline, after the intervention and after a period of follow-up. The results obtained indicated clinically significant changes which seemed to justify the formal adaption of the programme. A psychometric critique also delved in the suitability of using the Anger Disorder Scales (Di Giuseppe & Tafrate, 2004) as the main measure of anger in the research and case study. Its reliability and validity and its strengths in terms of developing in-depth formulation of offenders’ anger dysfunction were discussed. The research and case study used psychometric measures to assess the efficacy of interventions. Thus, to compensate for the reliance on self-reported measures, the systematic review and meta-analysis explored the effectiveness of CBT based interventions by analysing long-term behavioural changes of interventions as measured through general and violent recidivism. All the included studies (n=14) were submitted to a quality assessment prior to extracting the required information. An overall risk reduction of 23% was estimated for general recidivism (k = 7; n = 1836; RR = .77; 95% CI .61 to .96) and 28% for violent recidivism (k = 7; n = 1888; RR = .72; 95% CI .55 to .93) following treatment. Furthermore the risk reduction for general recidivism increased to 42% (k = 6; n = 703; RR = .58; 95% CI .39 to .87) and increased to 56% for violent recidivism (k = 6; n = 1029; RR = .44; 95% CI .27 to .71) for those offenders completing treatment compared to treatment drop-outs. The magnitude of effect in the included studies also compared lower intensity programmes such as anger management with more intensive violence prevention programmes. Conclusions of this meta-analysis were discussed in terms of the economic viability of interventions and magnitude of treatment effects.
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Ramey, Michael L. "God in the hands of angry sinners a theoretical exploration of diagnosis and treatment of anger toward God in North American protestant evangelical Christians /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Clifton, Erin G. "Anger and Guilt in Treatment for Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1347196179.
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Taylor, John L. "Assessment and treatment of anger in offenders with developmental disability." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27515.
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Aggression is the primary reason for people with developmental disabilities to be admitted or re-admitted to institutions. It is also the main reason for this client group to be prescribed anti-psychotic and behaviour control drugs. Anger is a significant predictor and activator of aggressive behaviour. There is some limited evidence for the value of cognitive-behavioural treatments for anger problems with people with developmental disabilities. However, no controlled studies of anger treatment involving developmentally disabled offenders living in secure settings have been conducted to date. In an anger assessment study conducted within a specialist learning disability hospital, a detained in-patient group of 129 developmentally disabled men with offending histories were assessed on a range of anger and aggression measures in order to investigate the nature and scope of anger problems in this population. The reliability, concurrent and discriminant validity of several criterion measures of anger and aggression were investigated by examination of the intra- and inter-relationships of self and informant measures of anger, aggression and personality characteristics. Results from this hospital-wide assessment study show that on multiple selfreport and staff-rated measures, anger is an important clinical problem for this patient population, having significant links to patient background factors and assault behaviour in the hospital. It was demonstrated in this study that anger as a construct has validity and could be reliably assessed in a coherent manner among clients with intellectual impairments and forensic histories that might have confounded such assessment. In a treatment study conducted in the same setting, 40 detained patients with developmental disabilities and histories of offending were allocated to specially modified cognitive-behavioural anger treatment (AT group) or to routine care waiting-list control (RC group) conditions. Eighteen sessions of individual treatment were delivered over a period of 12 weeks. The AT and RC groups were assessed simultaneously at four time points: screen, pre- and post-treatment, and at 4-months follow-up (all before the RC group entered treatment). The effectiveness of the treatment was evaluated by analysing between group differences in linear trend on a range of self- and staff-rated outcome measures using repeated measures mixed design analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA). Compared to the RC condition, patients in the AT condition had significantly greater decreases in self-reported anger following intervention and at follow-up. This indication of therapeutic gain associated with the anger treatment also received some convergent support by staff ratings of patient behaviour post-treatment. It was also found that the anger treatment impacted positively on direct care-staffs' ability to cope with patients' anger problems. It is concluded that people with developmental disabilities and offending histories can benefit from intensive individual cognitive-behavioural anger treatment that also appears to have beneficial systemic' effects. Further research is required to examine the mechanisms for change, their sustainability and generalisability across a range of settings.
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Brzezowski, Kimberly Marie. "A Solution-Focused Group Treatment Approach for Individuals Maladaptively Expressing Anger." Wright State University Professional Psychology Program / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1312900211.
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Parker, Valerie H. "The comparative efficacy of CBT versus CBAT for the treatment of problematic anger." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1442834.
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Thesis (M.A. in Psychology)--S.M.U., 2007.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 18, 2008). Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-05, page: 2665. Adviser: Lorelei Simpson. Includes bibliographical references.
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Fung, Lai-chu Annis, and 馮麗姝. "Anger coping training (ACT) program with physically aggressive children: a treatment outcome study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29869882.
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Erickson, Jody Anne. "The Efficacy of Aggression Replacement Training with Female Juvenile Offenders in a Residential Commitment Program." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4479.
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Female adolescents are increasingly being charged with crimes of violence, and the literature is lacking as to how best to reduce their aggressive tendencies. In the past, girls represented a small portion of all youths involved in criminal justice systems, and studies involving effective treatment options for them were rarely conducted.
Aggression Replacement Training® is a 10-week, evidence-based, group treatment intervention designed to advance moral reasoning, improve social skills, and manage angry feelings. Numerous outcome studies of Aggression Replacement Training® with both offending and non-offending male adolescents and with male and female adolescents together have yielded mixed results. The question remains whether or not positive results can be obtained when Aggression Replacement Training® is provided to only female adolescents in a group setting.
This quasi-experimental study examined if there were significant decreases in aggressive tendencies and increases in pro-social behaviors among female juvenile offenders in a residential commitment program in the state of Florida who participated in an Aggression Replacement Training® group intervention versus those who did not participate. Due to the exceptionally high degree of exposure to traumatic life events commonly reported by this population, this study also hoped to ascertain whether or not the level of traumatic distress mattered as to the efficacy of the intervention for the girls who participated.
The results of repeated measures 2 X 2 (time X group) ANOVA tests indicated no significant mean differences in rule-breaking or aggressive behaviors pre- to posttest between the 30 experimental and 30 comparison group members in this quasi-experimental study, although only a large anticipated effect could have been observed with a sample this size. The degree of trauma (covariate), also, had no significant impact on intervention efficacy for those girls who participated in the Aggression Replacement Training® group treatment. Mean negative behaviors were reduced for all study participants during the 12-week study time frame while in the commitment program, however, and both groups exhibited a mean increase in positive behaviors. Additional studies with larger samples may reveal a clearer picture of the benefits this intervention may provide to girls in juvenile justice commitment settings.
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Algaber, N. "The role of social marketing in addressing the treatment of driving anger : a cognitive approach." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2016. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29285/.
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Driving anger is a topic of continued interest and is one that receives constant public and academic attention. Anger in traffic is an emotion that has a negative impact on driver behaviour; it might distract a driver's attention from driving and cause dangerous behaviour toward the source of anger. In response to this issue, several studies on driving anger have focused on understanding this phenomenon from different angles, including personal factors, situational factors, measurements of anger in traffic and treatment of driving anger. Surprisingly, the treatment of anger in traffic has generally been neglected. Most existing driving anger interventions, such as cognitive, relaxation, and behavioural interventions, are psychotherapeutic and target mainly high-anger drivers. While these interventions are promising, the main limitation of such an approach is not being able to target the larger community and offer wide prevention programs. Therefore, the primary purpose of this thesis is to provide an overarching understanding of the driving anger issue in Saudi Arabia to develop social marketing interventions. To achieve such aim, Lazarus' Cognitive-Motivational-Relational (CMR) model and the principles of social marketing were used to better understand anger in traffic as well as to provide comprehensive direction and structure for the intervention. A mixed methods approach was used to provide empirical investigation of the issue, and therefore the thesis was divided into three studies. First, environmental factors were explored using primary research in the form of a qualitative inquiry. Twelve drivers were interviewed in this phase to identify the type of traffic situation that is most likely to provoke anger and to investigate how they evaluated their incidents. The main finding of the first study was that the harm or disrespect caused by another road user is the main source of anger in traffic. The second study was a quantitative phase that sought to understand the personality factor and coping strategies by using an adapted questionnaire. A total of 652 respondents provided information about the common driving style in Saudi Arabia, which is impatient driving, and how this style negatively affected their driving performance. In third study, the researcher interviewed 18 selected drivers to examine their underlying beliefs, values and attitudes associated with the developed intervention. From a driver's point of view, reducing the negative effect of environmental factors should be the key focus of the intervention. Therefore, the treatment should depart from targeting individual level only and offer an intervention that minimise the negative effect of external factors alongside training drivers how to cope with them effectively.
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Alim, Nadja. "What works for people with learning disabillities-Exploring the treatment of anger-problems from a psychodynamic perspective." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499772.
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Nicolette, Myrna K. (Myrna Kay). "Anger Reduction in Closed Head Injured Individuals with Group Social Skills Training." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331164/.
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In the present study, an anger management treatment program was compared to a pseudo-social skills training program (self-help group) and waiting list control group to determine its effectiveness in reducing irritable/angry behavior in head injured subjects. Subjects consisted of 28 adults with previous head injury trauma who had difficulty with excessive irritability and anger. Subjects averaged 35.4 years of age and had an average of 8.9 years post head injury. Treatment consisted of 10 group sessions over a five week period. Anger management training was designed to teach subjects self management skills aimed at reducing the frequency of angry acting out behavior. Training methods included role playing, relaxation training, assertiveness training and cognitive restructuring. The pseudo-social skills training group was a self-help group designed to encourage discussion of irritability problems without teaching specific coping techniques. To assure some degree of homogeneity in cognitive abilities among subjects, minimum eligibility scores were required on five subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Dependent measures were pre and posttreatment scores obtained from five categories of the Katz Adjustment Scale - Relative form: belligerence, negativity, general psychopathology, social obstreperousness, and social role functioning. In addition, pre and posttreatment recordings of observed angry/irritable behavior in the subjects were obtained from a significant other. Results failed to reveal statistically significant differences on the dependent measures between the three study groups. In addition, analysis failed to reveal any significant variables that predicted outcome. It is evident that much more organized research is needed to further investigate the possibilities of treatment for various problems encountered by those with head injuries.
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Mahoney, Janine, and N/A. "A cognitive-behavioural therapeutic approach to anger management in adolescent males." University of Canberra. Education, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050816.090756.
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The present investigation evaluated the efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioural
Therapeutic Approach for the anger management of three adolescent males. The study
is noteworthy because it utilised essential features of Beck's Cognitive Therapy in the
cognitive restructuring phase of treatment. Previous studies have commonly employed
Rational Emotive Therapy's disputation of irrational beliefs for this phase. For this
reason it is considered to be an original contribution to the literature.
A multiple (three) single-case study research design was employed. The three
adolescents, aged 13 to 17 years, attended seven to nine one-hour counselling
sessions over a two to three month period. Pre-, post-treatment and long-term followup
psychometric measures of aggression and anecdotal reports of anger-control were
obtained from parents and teachers. Self-reports in the affective and cognitive domain,
progress in therapy, psychometric measures (aggressive behaviour subscale of the
Child Behaviour Checklist, Adapted Novaco Anger Inventory and Piers-Harris
Children's Self-Concept Scale) and continuous (including pre-, post-treatment and
long-term follow-up) assessments of the frequency of angry outbursts were obtained.
Counsellor assessments of cognitive homework and behaviour in therapy were also
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Results reveal marked reductions in the average daily frequencies of angry
outbursts in all cases by post-treatment and treatment effects were maintained
throughout the three-month follow-up period.
It was concluded that the cognitive-behavioural therapeutic approach warrants
further investigation as it is proposed that it is a comprehensive and efficacious
treatment for male adolescent anger problems.
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Black, Laura. "Helping people with learning disabilities express anger in socially acceptable ways : the development of a treatment intervention and outcome measures." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13514.
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The focus of this thesis was the evaluation of a treatment to help people who have a learning disability to develop socially appropriate ways of expressing anger. The inability to cope with anger has prevented some people from living an ordinary life in the community. A cognitive behavioural treatment to help people to cope with anger was developed by Novaco (1983b). The aim of the present studies was to examine whether a modification of the treatment developed by Novaco could prove beneficial for a population who have a learning disability. A set of criteria for improvement were devised to operationalise improvement in terms of clinically, as well as statistically significant change. In study 1, twelve people who have a learning disability were assessed on one self report measure and four measures completed by staff; at baseline, at the end of each stage of treatment and follow up. The subjects received approximately fifty weeks of treatment. As the follow up scores met the majority of the criteria for improvement, it was inferred that the subjects had benefited from treatment. A number of methodological modifications were suggested. In study 2, five subjects were assessed on four self report and three staff completed assessments. The four stages of treatment (self monitoring, information giving, relaxation training and problem solving) lasted 27-37 weeks. Four of the five subjects benefited from treatment as their follow up scores met the criteria for improvement. The results allowed cautious optimism about the efficacy of cognitive behavioural techniques and the use of self report measures for people who have a learning disability, who are verbal. The value of embedding this focussed treatment within a broader therapeutic framework, to encompass a wider range of emotions and strategies to cope with stress was discussed.
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Hall, Laura Grace. "The Relation of the Expression of Offense to Forgiving." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2386.
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Forgiveness is an essential component of relationship growth and healing, with academic, professional, and public interest in research and writing on the topic continually increasing over the past two decades. Indignation is endemic to interpersonal offense, and a key component of the forgiveness process; few, however, have written about the potentially facilitative role that it may play. Disparate conceptualizations of indignation among researchers and therapists may impede therapeutic progress, individually and interpersonally. This study presents a review of social science literature on forgiveness and a new model of the emotional response to offense that positions corrective, protective indignation on a continuum between two contrasting manifestations of destructive anger that reflect distortions in underlying views of self, other, and relationship. The study also includes the results of a statistical analysis of the Indignation and Forgiveness Scale (IFS) administered to a group of relational therapists (N = 98) gauging their professional judgment of the acceptability of indignation as a component of forgiveness as a facilitative emotion in the overall process of forgiveness. Overall, therapists expressed a strong belief in the compatibility of indignation and forgiveness. As a psychometric instrument, the IFS displayed multidimensionality, with items loading onto four subscales. Of the demographic characteristics, only the number of hours therapists' worked per week affected their views on indignation and forgiveness, with greater professional involvement leading to more favorable views of indignation in therapy for infidelity. Professional interest combined with a lack of theoretical and practical literature on these topics indicates that marriage therapists and scholars are prepared for continued research and model development on the role of constructive indignation in forgiveness.
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Saxon, LaDonna Christine. "Heart rhythm variability in persons with chronic pain." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9037/.
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The present study evaluated the utility of heart rhythm coherence (HRC) feedback to reduce the reported pain intensity of patients enrolled in a multimodal pain management program. Participants were recruited and assigned to a usual treatment group (UT) or a heart rhythm coherence feedback group (UT+HRC). It was hypothesized that UT+HRC participants who achieved heart rhythm coherence would report a reduction of pain intensity, as measured by the McGill Pain Inventory. For those whose pain intensity decreased, it was also expected that their self reported levels of depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition and state anger as measured by the State Trait Anger Inventory would decrease. It is also hypothesized that with a reduction in pain levels, anger, and depression, blood pressure would also decrease among those who had high blood pressure prior to the intervention. Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used to investigate the relationship between treatment condition, coherence status and pain levels. A series of independent t-tests were utilized to investigate the change in pain, depression, and state anger from baseline to posttest, followed by Pearson product moment correlation coefficients on difference scores to understand the relationship between the outcome variables for Hypothesis 2. Standard multiple regression analyses were computed using difference scores to determine if the outcome measures were significant predictors of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Results indicated a failure to reject the null with regard to hypothesis one. No relationship between treatment assignment, coherence status or pain levels were found. Hypothesis 2 was partially supported. Although there was a positive significant relationship between depression and anger when utilizing difference scores, these affective measures were not related to difference scores on either pain measure. In regard to Hypothesis 3, there was also a failure to reject the null. None of the outcome measures utilized in this study emerged as being significantly related to changes in systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are offered.
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Ondrus, Coral Ann. "Outcomes of Aggression Replacement Training for U.S. Adolescents in Residential Facilities." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2372.
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A National Survey indicated that 1.6 million adolescents in the U.S. were arrested in 2010 and 1.5 million in 2011 for erratic aggressive behaviors, thus showing a decline from the 2.18 million adolescent arrests in 2007. Residential facilities in the state of Pennsylvania offer a group intervention called Aggression Replacement Training (ART) to help adjudicated adolescents regain control of erratic behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which level of group participation in ART and certain demographic factors (age, gender, ethnicity, family socioeconomic status, parental involvement, and education) predict decreased aggression and increased anger control among these youth. Cognitive theory and change theory were used to guide this causal-comparative investigation. The overarching research question was, does a youth's level of ART group participation (i.e., attentive, inattentive, and resistant) result in a subsequent reduction in risk assessment as measured by post Aggression Questionnaire score differences. Data were collected for the period of 2011-2014 from archival records from 5 residential facilities (n = 160) in Pennsylvania and were statistically analyzed. Findings from an analysis of variance indicate that ART group participation predict decreased erratic aggressive behaviors and increased anger control among adolescents. Findings from multiple regression analyses indicate that parental involvement predicts attentive participation level, whereas ART group participation, gender, and parental involvement predicted a reduction in risk assessment. Study findings may assist other treatment facilities and affiliated agencies in the U.S. with developing and implementing effective interventions for youth who exhibit erratic aggressive behaviors.
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Augustsson, Isabelle, and Emelie Karlsson. "Från brottsling till hederlig samhällsmedborgare : En kvalitativ studie om vad personal på SiS-institutioner anser är viktigt i sitt behandlingsarbete." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-37890.
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Syftet med studien som presenteras i denna uppsats var att undersöka vad som anses viktigt i SiS-institutioners behandlingsarbete med personer mellan 13-20 år, som har ett kriminellt förflutet, och som skall socialiseras in i samhället. Vi som skrivit den har genomfört en kvalitativ studie som bygger på intervjuer med fem yrkesverksamma behandlingsassistenter på två SiS-institutioner. Av dessa fem intervjuer var två stycken direktintervjuer som genomfördes i en lokal på institutionen, och tre av intervjuerna genomfördes via telefon. Det som har varit genomgående för studien har varit att vi har haft ett hermeneutiskt synsätt där tolkningar av behandlingspersonalens åsikter har varit centrala. För att bearbeta vårt empiriska material har vi använt oss av innehållsanalys vilket gav oss möjlighet att utläsa de likheter och skillnader som fanns i personalens utsagor. Resultatet av vår studie är att relation, utbildning och förbättrad psykosocial funktionsförmåga anses vara de viktigaste faktorerna i deras behandlingsarbete.<br>The aim of this study was to investigate what is regarded important in SiS institutions treatment work, with persons between 13-20 years which has a criminal past and is going to be socialized in the community. We who have written this essay have conducted a qualitative study which builds on interviews with five attendants employed at two SiS- institutions. Two interviews where performed in person and three on telephone. The study has been based on a hermeneutic approach in the interpretation of our transcribed interviews. To process our empirical material we have applied content analysis, which gave us opportunity to search for and find similarities and differences that were in the informants statements. The result that emerged from our study was relation, education and psychosocial functioning, this was regarded as the most important factors in their treatment work.
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Cavalcante, Fernanda Lima. "Avalia??o da efici?ncia de filtros anaer?bios na remo??o de coliformes fecais e ovos de helmintos." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2007. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15941.
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Previous issue date: 2007-03-19<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico<br>The technology of anaerobic reactors for sanitary wastewater treatment has been extensively developed in Brazil, and today it is practically consolidated. They present several advantages, such as low construction and operating costs, and low sludge production, the anaerobic reactors are an attractive alternative to minimize problematic lack of basic sanitation in urban areas, and also of the rural areas. The anaerobic filters have been widely used in Brazil. It produces an effluent with low concentration of organic matter and solids suspended, besides conserving the nutrients, therefore, it is good for use in irrigation, but the practice must be associated with knowledge of the pathogens presence. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of anaerobic filters in removal faecal coliforms and helminth eggs, and to verify if the effluent can be used for agricultural purposes, according to the World Organization of Health (WHO, 1989). The protocol used to enumerate helminths eggs was the modified Bailenger method, (Ayres and Mara, 1996) recommended by WHO for evaluation of raw effluent and treated effluent. The membrane filtration method was utilized to determine the concentrations of faecal coliforms. Three different systems of sewer treatment composed by anaerobic filters were analyzed. The results, in a general analysis, showed that all the researched systems reached a larger removal than 93% to helminth eggs, resulting in an effluent with smaller average than 1 egg/L. One of these systems, Sistema RN, reached a larger removal than 99%, confirming the good performance of the anaerobic filters in removal helminths eggs. Even with low concentrations of eggs in the influent, the filters were capable to remove this parameter efficiently. About faecal coliforms, it was observed for all the researched systems an effluent with 106 CFU/100mL. The high concentrations to faecal coliforms in the effluent just allow reuse for restricted irrigation, in agreement with the guidelines of WHO. Although the researched systems have not removed faecal coliforms efficiently, the results indicated a good efficiency of the anaerobic filters in removal helminth eggs<br>A tecnologia de reatores anaer?bios para o tratamento de esgoto sanit?rio vem sendo extensivamente desenvolvida no Brasil, e hoje encontra-se praticamente consolidada. Apresentando diversas vantagens, como baixos custos de constru??o e opera??o, e baixa produ??o de lodo, os reatores anaer?bios s?o uma alternativa bastante atrativa para a mitiga??o dos problemas de saneamento b?sico urbano, e tamb?m das ?reas rurais. Os filtros anaer?bios v?m sendo bastante aplicados no Brasil. Sua utiliza??o produz um efluente com baixa concentra??o de mat?ria org?nica e s?lidos suspensos, al?m de conservar os nutrientes, sendo por isso muito bom para irriga??o com fins produtivos, desde que sejam resguardados os cuidados com a presen?a de organismos patog?nicos. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a efici?ncia de filtros anaer?bios na remo??o de coliformes fecais e ovos de helmintos, e verificar se os mesmos atendem ?s recomenda??es sanit?rias para reuso em irriga??o, segundo a Organiza??o Mundial de Sa?de - OMS (WHO, 1989). Para enumera??o dos ovos de helmintos foi utilizada a t?cnica de Bailenger modificada (Ayres e Mara, 1996), que deu origem ? metodologia atualmente recomendada pela OMS para avalia??o de ?guas residu?rias brutas e tratadas. Para determina??o de coliformes fecais foi utilizado o m?todo da membrana filtrante. Foram analisados tr?s diferentes sistemas de tratamento de esgoto compostos por filtros anaer?bios. Numa an?lise geral dos resultados, observou-se que todos os sistemas pesquisados atingiram efici?ncia maior que 93% para remo??o de ovos de helmintos, resultando em um efluente final com valor m?dio menor que 1 ovo/L. Um dos sistemas, o Sistema RN, alcan?ou uma remo??o maior que 99%, confirmando o bom desempenho dos filtros anaer?bios na remo??o de ovos de helmintos. Mesmo com baixas concentra??es de ovos no afluente, os filtros foram capazes de remover eficientemente este par?metro. Em rela??o ? contagem de coliformes fecais, foi observado, para todos os sistemas pesquisados um efluente final com cerca de 106 UFC/100mL. As altas concentra??es de coliformes fecais no efluente dos filtros permitem a reutiliza??o apenas para irriga??o restrita, de acordo com as diretrizes da OMS. Apesar dos sistemas pesquisados n?o removerem eficazmente coliformes fecais, os resultados encontrados no presente estudo indicaram uma boa efici?ncia dos filtros anaer?bios na remo??o de ovos de helmintos
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Hawkins, Misty Anne. "Affective traits and adiposity : a prospective, bidirectional analysis of the African American Health study data." Thesis, Proquest, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4840.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>Research indicates that negative affective traits (e.g., depression) are predictors and consequences of excess adiposity. Given that racial minorities and positive affective traits have been underrepresented in past investigations, more prospective studies are needed which examine multiple affective traits in relation to obesity in these populations. The objective of the current study was to investigate the prospective, bidirectional associations between multiple affective traits and multiple adiposity indicators in African Americans using data from the African American Health (AAH) study. The AAH study is a prospective cohort study of African Americans aged 49-65 years at baseline (N = 998). The longest follow-up period in the current study was 9 years (N = 579). Self-reported and measured body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) and body fat percent (BF%) were used as adiposity indicators. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the 11-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), and anxiety was assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2) scale. Positive affective traits were assessed with the Vitality subscale of the Short Form-36 and Positive Affect subscale from the CES-D. Latent variable path analysis, a structural equation modeling technique,
was conducted. Although fit statistics indicated that the models fit the data (RMSEA < .06), examination of the structural paths revealed that the CES-D and GAD-2 were not predictors or consequences of self-reported BMI, measured BMI, or BF% (ps > .05). Likewise, Vitality and CES-D Positive Affect were not related to any adiposity indicator (ps > .05). The results of this prospective cohort study suggest that affective traits are not predictors or consequences of adiposity in middle-aged African Americans and that this group may require obesity prevention or intervention programs with little to no emphasis on affective traits. Possible explanations for the current results include ethnic differences in the mechanistic pathways between affective traits and adiposity.
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"Assessing the Treatment Needs of Female Juvenile Gang Members: An Exploratory Study." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14710.
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abstract: The research on female juvenile gang members is limited in scope and research has not yet examined mental health issues in this population. This study examines the case histories of 127 female juvenile gang members who were arrested by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. To add to the limited gender-specific research on female juvenile gang members, data are presented regarding this population's mental health problems, childhood maltreatment, substance abuse problems, age of contact with the juvenile justice system, and other factors salient to female juvenile gang members' prevention, treatment, and intervention needs. Female juvenile gang members who had a mental health diagnosis were significantly more likely to report childhood maltreatment. Female juvenile gang members who were younger at their age of first arrest were significantly more likely to report chronic substance use. Clinical levels of anger-irritability and depression-anxiety were found for approximately half of female juvenile gang members and suicide ideation was found for approximately one fourth. These findings have important implications for practitioners and gender-specific prevention, intervention, and treatment programs targeted specifically for female juvenile gang members.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>M.S.W. Social Work 2012
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Walker, Tammi. "Voices from the Group: Violent Women's Experiences of Intervention." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5781.
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no<br>This study discusses the experiences of women who participated in a program for partner-violent women by understanding their views of the treatment process, outcomes and the meanings they attached to it. This study followed a Husserlian descriptive phenomenology. Interviews were conducted with seven English women who used physical intimate partner violence in heterosexual relationships. The data were analyzed using by the method developed by Colaizzi (1978). The qualitative findings suggest the women experienced the treatment as positive and meaningful and experienced personal transformations. Deeper analysis of the data, showed that there were two key areas of benefit to the women, one involving the connections and bonds formed with other women in the group and the facilitators, and the second including the skills and strategies the women learned for managing anger and negative emotions.
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Cruywagen, Marinda. "'n Transteoretiese opvoedkundige sielkundige terapeutiese intervensie om aggressie van 'n graad sewe leerder aan te spreek." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3701.
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Budhal, Richi. "Identification of aggression of junior primary learners." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1085.
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Identification of aggression in Junior Primary school learners often becomes a difficult task due to the lack of appropriate measuring instruments. The assessment instruments used presently are unable to identify the subtypes of aggression. In order to address this limitation in the field of aggression, the present investigation was undertaken.
A literature study was done where the concept aggression was defined and the relationship and differences between the subtypes of aggression (physical, verbal, reactive and proactive aggression) were examined. The factors that relate to aggression, namely, biological, personality, environmental and social, parental influence, frustration and media influences were identified. A reliable measuring instrument was developed to identify the four main subtypes of aggression in junior primary learners.
The results of the empirical investigation indicated that there were significant positive correlations between the subtypes of aggression. Gender and intellectual potential do not appear to have a significant bearing on childhood aggression.
The educational implications of the findings are discussed and guidelines regarding treatment of childhood aggression are given for both educators and parents.<br>Education Studies<br>M.Ed.
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Schiff, Davida Marti. "Evaluation of a police-led addiction treatment referral program: the Gloucester Police Department's Angel Program." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27096.
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BACKGROUND: The increasing rates of opioid use disorder and resulting overdose deaths are a public health emergency, yet only a fraction of individuals in need receive treatment. This thesis aims to describe the implementation of and participants’ experiences with a novel police-led addiction treatment referral program.
METHODS: Follow-up telephone calls to participants in the Gloucester Police Department’s Angel Program from June 2015–May 2016. Open-ended survey questionnaires assessed individuals’ program participation experience, confirmed police-reported placement, and queried self-reported substance use and treatment outcomes.
RESULTS: Surveys were completed by 198 of 367 individuals (54% response rate) who participated 214 times. Reasons for participation included: positive program publicity, belief that treatment placement would be obtained, poor prior treatment system experience, and external pressure to seek treatment. The majority of participants reported positive experiences citing the welcoming, nonjudgmental services. In 75% of encounters, participants confirmed they entered referral placement. Participants expressed frustration when they did not meet program entry requirements and had difficulty finding sustained treatment following initial program placement.
CONCLUSIONS: A police-led referral program was feasible to implement and acceptable to participants. The program was effective in finding initial access to treatment, primarily through short-term detoxification services. However, the fragmented treatment system remains a barrier to long-term recovery.<br>2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
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Rorich, Veronica Johanna Maria. "Support to parents with children with learning disablities." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/796.
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This dissertation attempts to understand what support from the school parents would most value when their child has been diagnosed with a learning disability. The method employed was qualitative in nature, using eight in-depth interviews with the mothers. The interviews confirmed that parents experience emotions similar to those when grieving. They also tend to feel isolated from their communities. Before embarking on a support program the school needs to recognize the depth of these emotions. The interviews also revealed that parents require timeous communication from the teacher. Parents concerns should be taken seriously or time goes by without the disability being attended to. The terminology used by professionals is often not fully understood by parents, and this causes them to feel unsure of how therapy is helping their child in the classroom and what its value is. Various guidelines are offered to support parents with regard to the above-mentioned aspects.<br>Educational Studies<br>M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)