ReviewJournal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology2016
Behavioral Interventions for Anger, Irritability, and Aggression in Children and Adolescents.
Review in Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 80 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents (An Open Pilot Study in Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Behavior Therapy for Irritability and Aggression in Adolescents With Autism
Who cites it
80 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parental involvement in robot-mediated intervention: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Antisocial Disorders in Adolescence and Youth, According to Structural, Emotional, and Cognitive Transdiagnostic Variables: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Evidence Base Update on the Assessment of Irritability, Anger, and Aggression in Youth.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
- Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological and Pharmacological Treatment for Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Insights From Both Case Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Anger Outbursts in Youth with ASD and Anxiety: Phenomenology and Relationship with Family Accommodation.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Trial
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- Irritability in Children and Adolescents With OCD.Behavior therapy · 2021Trial
- A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Citalopram Adjunctive to Stimulant Medication in Youth With Chronic Severe Irritability.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls: Results of a randomized controlled trial.Psychological services · 2018Trial
- Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial Within the National Institute for Mental Health Research Domain Criteria Construct of Frustrative Non-Reward.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2016Trial
- An Exposure-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth with Severe Irritability: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- Improving Children's Social Skills With Virtual Reality: A Tailored Single-Session Training in Special Education.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026Article
- Domain Generality or Domain Specificity? The Associations Between Family Adversity, Irritability, and Psychopathology in Adolescence.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- COVID-19 stress, aggressiveness, and deviant behaviour: a mediation analysis of youth in the pandemic era.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Breaking the cycle of anger: a CBT intervention for war-traumatized adolescents in a pretest-posttest study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Addictive Behaviours in Adolescent Boys: Developing A Low-Cost Care Model in India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Mediating Impact of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Interaction Between Irritability and Reactive Aggression in Youth with Severe Irritability.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Adversity, Trauma Symptoms and the Effectiveness of an Australian Individualised Developmental Trauma Intervention Program.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Phenomenological Approaches to Adolescent Girls' Perceptions of Story- writing-based Design Thinking Focused on Aggression.International journal of school health · 2025Article
20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveAnger, irritability, and aggression are among the most common reasons for child mental health referrals. This review is focused on two forms of behavioral interventions for these behavioral problems: Parent management training (PMT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
methodsFirst, we provide an overview of anger/irritability and aggression as the treatment targets of behavioral interventions, followed by a discussion of the general principles and techniques of these treatment modalities. Then we discuss our current work concerning the transdiagnostic approach to CBT for anger, irritability, and aggression.
resultsPMT is aimed at improving aversive patterns of family interactions that engender children's disruptive behavior. CBT targets deficits in emotion regulation and social problem-solving that are associated with aggressive behavior. Both forms of treatment have received extensive support in randomized controlled trials. Given that anger/irritability and aggressive behavior are common in children with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, a transdiagnostic approach to CBT for anger and aggression is described in detail.
conclusionsPMT and CBT have been well studied in randomized controlled trials in children with disruptive behavior disorders, and studies of transdiagnostic approaches to CBT for anger and aggression are currently underway. More work is needed to develop treatments for other types of aggressive behavior (e.g., relational aggression) that have been relatively neglected in clinical research. The role of callous-unemotional traits in response to behavioral interventions and treatment of irritability in children with anxiety and mood disorders also warrants further investigation.
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