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Assaultive behavior intervention in the Veterans Administration: psychodynamic group psychotherapy compared to
Marilyn L Lanza1, Jennifer Anderson, Charles M Boisvert
1Nursing Service Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA. Marilyn.lanza@med.va.gov
Purpose:
To compare the efficacy of a psychodynamic psychotherapy group (PPG) and a cognitive-behavior group (CBG) for male veterans with a history of assault.
Methods:
Data collected included the Addiction Severity Index, the Overt Aggression Scale, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Subjects (N = 27) were assigned randomly to a central group, PPG, or CBG. Analyses included an overall comparison of the groups as well as repeated-measures analyses and adjustments for covariates.
Findings:
The PPG showed a trend toward improvement of overt aggression and significant improvement of trait aggression compared with CBG. There were no differences in state aggression or efforts to control aggression.
Conclusions:
Both the PPG and CBG are effective treatments for aggression.