Aggression Behaviors

Who Can Use This Information?

Parents, Teachers, Principals, Behavior Specialists, School Counselors,
Social Workers, and Psychologists

What is Aggression and how can we treat it?

One out of five Americans has an anger management problem. Anger is a natural human emotion and is a nature's way of empowering us to "ward off" our perception of attack or threat to our well being. The problem is not anger but the mismanagement of anger. It is the mismanagement of anger and rage that is the major cause of conflict in our personal and professional relationships.

Aggression is the violent behavior that has the intention to harm, hurt, maim or kill another living being that can be a person or animal. This type of behavior can occur within the context of a mental illness or outside the context of a mental illness. Most times it is not associated with a mental illness. However, it may and often does have a psychological basis.

Psychological issues that can lead to aggression can be personal and/or individual and/or environmental. Individually, aggression can come from a perceived slight, hurt or in defense of an attack or perceived threat of violence from another. In this later case aggression would be seen as defensive. Aggression can be physical, verbal or virtual (internet).

Aggression is born from anger. However anger is a very natural emotion like sadness and happiness. Anger does not have to lead to aggression.

Roots of Anger

Internal and External Causes of Anger

• Dispositions
• Temperaments
• Cognitive provocations
• Affective and/or emotional provocations
• Frustrations

Types of Aggression

Aggression is a complex phenomenon that is composed of a number of more specific types of behavior. Currently, there is a consensus in the scientific community for at least two broad categories of aggression:

• Hostile, affective or retaliatory aggression
• Instrumental, predatory or goal-oriented aggression

Empirical research indicates that this is a critical difference, both psychologically and physiologically. Some research indicated that people with lower IQs and/or mental illnesses than those with tendencies toward predatory aggression.

Psychological Types of Aggression

• Rage
• Hatred

Treatment for Aggression

• Cognitive Interventions
• Relaxation as an Anger Management Tool
• Anger Inoculation
• Conflict Resolution

Benefits of the Aggression Material

Aggression is a learned technique for solving life’s problems. Here you will become aware of the etiology and process of different types of anger that leads to aggression. Intervention and behavior plans are offered to reduce and eliminate anger that leads to aggression.

Aggression Material Outline

I.	Aggression
	a. Rage
	b. Hatred
	c. Cognitive Aspects of Anger
	d. When is Anger a Problem
	e. Where Does Anger Come From
	f. Resolving Anger
	g. Congratulate Yourself
	h. Relaxation as an Anger Management Tool
	i. Anger Inoculation
	j. Writing the Behavior Plan for Anger Management
II.	Aggression Workbook
III.	58 Stress Busters
IV.	Managing Anger
	a. Time Out
	b. Control Your Thoughts
	c. Learn To Express Yourself Assertively

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