Synopses & Reviews
Interpersonal violence has many names depending on the context in which it occurs: domestic violence, child abuse, school bullying. Acts of violence are tragic and expensive, costing the government billions of dollars a year.
Anger, Aggression, and Interventions for Interpersonal Violence discusses what clinical scientists know about interpersonal violence and what mental health practitioners can do about it, seeking to advance the way professionals conceptualize interventions for violent clients. Editors Timothy A. Cavell and Kenya T. Malcolm focus primarily on violence among family members and those in intimate relationships.
Organized into four sections, the book strives to answer questions such as: What is the relation between anger and aggression? Does that relation vary across different forms of interpersonal violence? How does the anger-aggression relation affect the outcome of treatment? How does it affect the process of treatment? Is it necessary to treat anger specifically? Are there effective ways to treat recurring anger problems?
Written by internationally known researchers, this work combines detailed discussion of interpersonal violence with focused commentaries written by additional experts in the field. The entries in this volume offer an intriguing and up-to-date account of the relation between anger, aggression, and the interventions necessary for interpersonal violence. It is a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners interested in the topic.
Synopsis
Interpersonal violence has many faces and many names—domestic violence, child abuse, school bullying. Anger, Aggression, and Interventions for Interpersonal Violence reveals what clinical scientists know and what mental health practitioners can do about interpersonal violence. To advance the way professionals conceptualize interventions for violent clients, contributors consider the complex relation between anger and aggression and discuss how that relation affects treating various forms of interpersonal violence. Should treatment focus on anger, on aggression, or on both? Does that decision depend on the form of interpersonal violence, or does the anger-aggression relation suggest a core set of intervention principles and strategies?
Readers are provided up-to-date, detailed discussions as well as focused commentaries, all written by internationally known researchers. This volume will serve as a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners alike.
About the Author
Dr. Cavell is professor and director of Clinical Training at the University of Arkansas. His primary research focus is high-risk, aggressive children with an emphasis on developing and evaluating interventions involving parents or adult mentors. Other research interests include the prevention of delinquency and substance abuse and the assessment of adolescent social competence. Dr. Cavell’s work has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and by the William C. Hogg Foundation of Texas. He has also published over 30 refereed journal articles, in addition to 13 book chapters, and a singled-authored book, Working with Parents of Aggressive Children: A Practitioner’s Guide (2000), published by the American Psychological Association. He is a member of APA (Divisions 16, School; 43, Family; 53, Clinical Child), the Society for Research in Child Development, the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Cavell maintains a part-time clinical practice focusing on the needs of children, teens, parents, and families.
Ms. Malcolm is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology Training Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arkansas. Her research has previously focused on children’s peer relations and the degree to which personality variables and personal characteristics like physical strength and externalizing problems moderate the quality of interactions that children have with peers. Currently her research involves examining the social cognitions that children hold that contribute to positive peer relations and victimization.