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Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2015

Alcohol-Adapted Anger Management Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Therapy for Alcohol Dependence.

Kimberly S Walitzer, Jerry L Deffenbacher, Kathleen Shyhalla

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kimberly S WalitzerResearch Institute on Addictions/University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. Electronic address: Walitzer@ria.buffalo.edu.
Jerry L DeffenbacherColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Kathleen ShyhallaResearch Institute on Addictions/University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · USColorado State University · US

Funding

Developing Anger Management (CRCS) for Use in Alcoholism TreatmentR01AA017603 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI WALITZER, KIMBERLY S. · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017603NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA17603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A randomized controlled trial for an innovative alcohol-adapted anger management treatment (AM) for outpatient alcohol dependent individuals scoring moderate or above on anger is described. AM treatment outcomes were compared to those of an empirically-supported intervention, Alcoholics Anonymous Facilitation treatment (AAF). Clients in AM, relative to clients in AAF, were hypothesized to have greater improvement in anger and anger-related cognitions and lesser AA involvement during the 6-month follow-up. Anger-related variables were hypothesized to be stronger predictors of improved alcohol outcomes in the AM treatment condition and AA involvement was hypothesized to be a stronger predictor of alcohol outcomes in the AAF treatment group. Seventy-six alcohol dependent men and women were randomly assigned to treatment condition and followed for 6 months after treatment end. Both AM and AAF treatments were followed by significant reductions in heavy drinking days, alcohol consequences, anger, and maladaptive anger-related thoughts and increases in abstinence and self-confidence regarding not drinking to anger-related triggers. Treatment with AAF was associated with greater AA involvement relative to treatment with AM. Changes in anger and AA involvement were predictive of posttreatment alcohol outcomes for both treatments. Change in trait anger was a stronger predictor of posttreatment alcohol consequences for AM than for AAF clients; during-treatment AA meeting attendance was a stronger predictor of posttreatment heavy drinking and alcohol consequences for AAF than for AM clients. Anger-related constructs and drinking triggers should be foci in treatment of alcohol dependence for anger-involved clients.

Indexed as

Alcoholics AnonymousAngerOutcome Assessment, Health CareAdultAlcoholismAnger Management TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutpatientsAlcohol dependenceAlcoholics Anonymous Facilitation treatmentAngerAnger management treatmentOutpatient treatmentRandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID26387049
PMCPMC4661083
OpenAlexW2155367013

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