protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06275607, orgStudyIdInfo id: FY23-24-93, briefTitle: Maladaptive Anger Treatment, statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-02-07, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2025-12-31, completionDateStruct date: 2025-12-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-02-23, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-02-23, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: The University of Texas at San Antonio, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: From a psychoevolutionary perspective, anger is a universal emotion that can serve the function of making us aware of wrongdoing and motivating us to undo/correct the wrongdoing. However, it is well recognized in clinical psychology that anger can be maladaptive, often causing distress and impairment in various areas of day-to-day life; untreated maladaptive anger has been found to raise the risk of certain physical health problems e.g., hypertension and coronary heart disease. At the very extreme, rage has been implicated in aggression and violence. Not surprisingly, there has been a widespread quest for anger treatments or what is popularly called "anger management". One treatment approach that has received increasing empirical support is Cognitive Behavioral Affective Therapy (CBAT), which has been applied to patients with chemical dependence and individuals with chronic pain. To extend this programmatic line of research, the proposed research aims to evaluate the efficacy of CBAT in reducing multiple (psychometric and self-monitored) measures of anger within a community sample., conditionsModule conditions: Anger, conditions: Intermittent Explosive Disorder, conditions: Emotional Distress, conditions: Aggression, conditions: Violence, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, interventionModelDescription: Parallel Assignment, primaryPurpose: TREATMENT, maskingInfo masking: NONE, enrollmentInfo count: 100, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Cognitive Behavioral Affective Therapy, interventions name: Emotional Discussion, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Parameters Scale (APS), primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Parameters Scale (APS), primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Parameters Scale (APS), primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Expressions Scale (AES), primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Expressions Scale (AES), primaryOutcomes measure: Anger Expressions Scale (AES), primaryOutcomes measure: Self-Monitored Anger (Anger Log), primaryOutcomes measure: Self-Monitored Anger (Anger Log), eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, maximumAge: 65 Years, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: The University of Texas at San Antonio, status: RECRUITING, city: San Antonio, state: Texas, zip: 78249, country: United States, contacts name: Ephrem Fernandez, Ph.D., role: CONTACT, email: ephrem.fernandez@utsa.edu, contacts name: Brandon S Perez, M.S., role: CONTACT, email: brandon.perez3@utsa.edu, contacts name: Ephrem Fernandez, Ph.D., role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, contacts name: Brandon S Perez, M.S., role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR, geoPoint lat: 29.42412, lon: -98.49363, hasResults: False