Assessing anger in people with intellectual disability

• Published in: Journal of intellectual & developmental disability Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 116 - 122
• Main Authors: Rose, John L., Gerson, Danielle F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 01.06.2009; Routledge; Taylor & Francis, Ltd; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aberrant Behavior Checklist; Aberrant Behaviour Checklist; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anger; Antisocial Behavior; assessment; Attitude Measures; Caregiver Attitudes; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition Disorders - complications; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developmental disabilities; Disabled Persons - psychology; Emotions; Female; Foreign Countries; Humans; Hyperactivity; Intellectual Disability; Intervention; Irritable Mood; Learning disabled people; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Measurement; Mental Retardation; Middle Aged; Patients - psychology; Personality Assessment; Property; Psychological Patterns; Psychological tests; Psychomotor Agitation; Questionnaires; Residential Care; Self-rating; self-report; Selfreport; staff; staff report; Staff Role; Staff-rating; Stereotyped Behavior; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Therapeutic Environment; Therapy; United Kingdom; Verbal Communication; Young Adult; United Kingdom

Background There is a growing interest in the use of cognitive approaches for the treatment of psychological difficulties with people who have intellectual disability. The aim of the present study was to investigate the properties of an anger inventory, the relationship between self-reported and sta...