Anger management in post traumatic stress disorder: a comparison of two methods of relaxation [thesis] / Fionnula MacLiam

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Title:: Anger management in post traumatic stress disorder: a comparison of two methods of relaxation [thesis] / Fionnula MacLiam
Authors:: MacLiam, Fionnula
Affiliation:: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Publisher:: University of Derby
Issue Date:: 2004
URI:: http://hdl.handle.net/10147/87087
Item Type:: Thesis
Language:: en
Description:: This pilot study was conducted to see whether either of two relaxation methods had any advantage in either effectiveness or acceptability to clients undergoing anger management as part of treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to single incident trauma. Nine clients completed the four week programme. Measures used were widely used questionnaires, the IES-R (Weiss & Marmer, 1997), DASS (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) and the NAS (Novaco, 2003); self-recordings; and physiological - blood pressure and heart rate. The two relaxation methods used were Jacobsonian Progressive Muscular Relaxation and Imaginal Relaxation in which the imagery was provided by the clients themselves. The findings showed no clear results, but suggestions are given for improvements in the design which would enhance a larger study of this topic.
Keywords:: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDER

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	MacLiam, Fionnula	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-30T14:46:36Z	-
dc.date.available	2009-11-30T14:46:36Z	-
dc.date.issued	2004	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/87087	-
dc.description	This pilot study was conducted to see whether either of two relaxation methods had any advantage in either effectiveness or acceptability to clients undergoing anger management as part of treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to single incident trauma. Nine clients completed the four week programme. Measures used were widely used questionnaires, the IES-R (Weiss & Marmer, 1997), DASS (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) and the NAS (Novaco, 2003); self-recordings; and physiological - blood pressure and heart rate. The two relaxation methods used were Jacobsonian Progressive Muscular Relaxation and Imaginal Relaxation in which the imagery was provided by the clients themselves. The findings showed no clear results, but suggestions are given for improvements in the design which would enhance a larger study of this topic.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Derby	en
dc.subject	POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER	en
dc.subject	MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDER	en
dc.title	Anger management in post traumatic stress disorder: a comparison of two methods of relaxation [thesis] / Fionnula MacLiam	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.contributor.department	Health Service Executive (HSE)	en