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Effectiveness of Anger Management Treatment in Reducing Anger-Related Behaviors in Female Juvenile Offenders

NCT00720486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2014-03-28

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Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of an anger management treatment program, Juvenile Justice Anger Management for Girls, in reducing anger-related behaviors displayed by girls in the juvenile justice system.

Conditions

  • Anger

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) for Girls

JJAM will include two 1.5-hour group treatment sessions per week for 8 weeks. JJAM sessions will be manual based and will be designed to help youth develop skills in the following areas: identifying different types of physical and relational aggression, recognizing early warning signs of anger, avoiding anger-provoking situations, managing anger to prevent aggression, solving problems, communicating about anger-related events, and repairing relationships damaged by anger-related behaviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual will include standard activities in the female juvenile justice program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • naomi goldstein

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Naomi Goldstein, PhD · Drexel University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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