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First published on October 25, 2007
Research on Social Work Practice 2007, doi:10.1177/1049731507308356
© 2007 SAGE Publications

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Anger-Control Group Counseling for Women Recovering From Alcohol or Drug Addiction

A. Antonio González-Prendes*

Wayne State University

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aa3232{at}wayne.edu.


  Abstract
Two experimental conditions, a manualized cognitive-behavioral anger-control treatment incorporating empowerment strategies and a relapse-prevention treatment without the anger-control component, were compared to assess their impact on levels of trait anger and attributional styles of women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Participants were predominantly African American, low-socioeconomic-level women living in a residential facility in a major Midwestern city. Although significant changes were found for the anger-control group participants, sample size (anger control n = 8, relapse prevention n = 5) and participant characteristics call for caution when interpreting the results and limit the generalizability of the intervention. As a preliminary study, the findings are encouraging. Recommendations for future research and implications for social work practice are discussed.
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