contempary key studie

Question 1

what is the contempary key studie

Answer 1

howells et al

Question 2

what was howell et als aim

Answer 2

to see whether anger managment is more affective in producing change that no treatment for violent offenders

Question 3

what was howell et als sample

Answer 3

418 male pp reffered to anger managment program in south and western australia
73% had not compleated an anger managment program

Question 4

what was howell et als procedure

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pp attended programs that lasted approximately 20 hrs over 10 sessions
programmes used cbt principles including structured exercises focusing on skills provercation and relaxation

Question 5

what other mesaures where taken after treatment in the procedure

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self-rapport data- question airs that included measurews on the type and severity of anger from novaco anger scale
staff observations where also included where staff also completed an observational rating scale for each pp

Question 6

what where howell et als findings

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in anger managment group there was a slight improvement in anger control after anger managment from a mean of 20.7 to a mean of 22.2 after treatment

Question 7

what did howell conclude

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the overall impact of the anger maanagment programmes was small and the completion of an anger questionaair even without treatment may have small benefit in it’s self

Question 8

give a strength of howells study

Answer 8

qualatative dtata was gathered

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how was qualatative data being gathered a strength

Answer 9

howell used questionaires wich included the novaco anger scale on the type and strenght of anger shown. this yeilded quanataive data wich is objective and easy to analyse

Question 10

how does the idea of yeilding qualataive dat imorove howells study

Answer 10

t/f the findings on the role of amp in treating criminal offenders is objective and easy to analyze increasing the validity of the findings

Question 11

what is a weakness of howells study

Answer 11

population validity

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how is population validity a weakness

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howell use 418 male offenders detained in prison. the study and all pp originated from australia

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what does the population valididty mean

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t/f this is an andro and ethnocentric sample meaning the findings on the effectivness of amp inn reducing anger in offenders is ungeneralisable to a wider population

Question 14

what is anouther strength of howell

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mundane realism

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how is mundane realism a strength

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all data obtained was naturally occouring within the amp that the offenders where compleating as part of prison activities

Question 16

what does mundane realism mean for the study

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t/f increasing the ability for offender to controll their anger and behaviour from the skills learnt in amp was naturally occouring and can be generalised to anger managment in everyday life

Question 17

what is anouther weakness of howell

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cause and effect

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how is cause and effect a weakness

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as the data gathered on the offenders was taken during their time in prison when they where completing amp, and so may have shown social desirability bias as they wanted to exhibit less agressive behaviour and controll their anger inorder to be released from prison earilier

Question 19

how does cause and effect oppose howell

Answer 19

t/f the findings of amp in being able to improve control over anger in offenders lacks validity