Date of Award

Summer 2012

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Counseling & Human Services

Program/Concentration

Counseling

Committee Director

Theodore P. Remley, Jr.

Committee Member

Kaprea F. Johnson

Committee Member

Kathleen Levingston

Abstract

Arrest for criminal offenses sometimes result in court systems mandating that offenders attend anger management treatment programs. Mandated anger management treatment places a demand on mental health professionals to provide these services. In order to prepare counselors to be effective in providing services, it is important for counselor educators to examine counselors' beliefs and attitudes about mandated anger management treatment. Using a survey method, this study asked counselors to rate the degree they perceived the anger management treatment they provide to be effective and to rate the degree they perceived they were prepared in their training programs to provide anger management treatment to court mandated clients. This study also explored if there was a relationship between provider attitude and perceived effectiveness of court mandated anger management treatment. Results indicated that providers perceived that anger management treatment has a high level of effectiveness and that they perceived they had a moderate level of training preparedness to provide anger management services. A small, positive correlation was found between provider attitude and perceived effectiveness of court mandated anger management.

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DOI

10.25777/gmwd-1z21

ISBN

9781267736420

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