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Self-Help Techniques in Anger Management with Cognitive Behavioral Interventions: Understanding and Managing Anger

Melisa Bulut, Çiğdem Yüksel

Review Volume 5 Issue 2 30 June 2023 Pages 844-856 10.47793/hp.1222353
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Abstract

Anger is an intense and universal emotion that an individual shows in the face of being blocked, ignored, threatened, restrained, grieving, being wronged or attacked. According to the cognitive behavioral approach, the cognitive structure of the individual plays a role in the emergence of anger. If anger is experienced very intensely, frequently and severely and causes destructive situations, it is possible to overcome it with anger management. In anger management, cognitive behavioral therapies and cognitive behavioral approach-based interventions are used most frequently. These interventions include cognitive techniques that aim to reconstruct the individual's faulty beliefs or cognitive structure that hasbecome a problem, and behavioral techniques that target the physiological, emotional and behavioral dimensions of anger. In recent years, self-help interventions in which the individual can apply anger management individually have started to take place inthe literature. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to review the use of cognitive behavioral interventions with self-help anger management and effective methods. When cognitive-behavioral approach-based self-help interventions in anger management are examined, it is seen that it is possible to collect these interventions in eight steps as “awareness, what is really happening, comparing options, anger control through taking a break, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, acquiring effective communication skills, self-care”.

Keywords

anger anger management CBT cognitive behavioral therapy
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