Anger in Special Populations Flashcards
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When working with children who have ADHD, anger outbursts are best understood as primarily stemming from which underlying factor?
Answer: Deficits in impulse control and emotional regulation
Children with ADHD often have neurologically based deficits in impulse control that make it harder to pause before reacting with anger.
An anger therapist working with elderly clients should prioritize which adaptation to standard anger management techniques?
Answer: Incorporating life review and meaning-making alongside anger skills
Older adults benefit from integrating anger work with life review and meaning-making because many anger triggers relate to loss, mortality, and unresolved regrets.
Which feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) most commonly amplifies anger responses during sensory overload situations?
Answer: Hyper- or hyposensitivity to environmental stimuli
Many individuals with ASD have atypical sensory processing that makes ordinary environments overwhelming, triggering intense anger or meltdown responses.
When providing anger management services to incarcerated individuals, which ethical concern is most pressing?
Answer: Maintaining confidentiality boundaries given mandatory reporting obligations to corrections staff
In correctional settings, therapists must navigate complex confidentiality limits because information may be legally required to be shared with facility staff.
For veterans experiencing combat-related PTSD, anger is most often conceptualized as which function?
Answer: A secondary emotion masking underlying fear, grief, and hyperarousal
In trauma-exposed veterans, anger frequently serves as a protective, surface-level emotion that shields more vulnerable feelings like fear, shame, and grief.
Which anger management approach is considered most evidence-based for adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system?
Answer: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy adapted for adolescent offenders
CBT-based programs adapted for juvenile offenders, such as Aggression Replacement Training, have the strongest empirical support for reducing recidivism and anger.
A CART practitioner working with substance-abusing clients should recognize that anger often serves which role in the addiction cycle?
Answer: It is a common relapse trigger and coping mechanism substitute
Anger is a well-documented relapse trigger and many individuals used substances to suppress or manage angry feelings, requiring explicit dual-focus treatment.