{"title":"The management of aggression in third wave behavioral therapies: A systematic review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aggressive behavior has long been a focal point of inquiry within behavioral therapies. However, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews synthesizing the efficacy of third-wave behavioral therapies in managing aggression. This study addresses this gap through a systematic review, examining the effectiveness of third-generation behavioral therapies—Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP), and Behavioral Activation (BA)—in managing aggressive behavior among adults.</div><div>Out of 38 articles selected for full reading, only six met the criteria for inclusion in this synthesis: three employing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an intervention strategy and three employing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Merely three of these studies were RCTs. Overall, these interventions exhibited a notable reduction in aggressive behavior during the treatment phase but failed to maintain this improvement during follow-up assessments.</div><div>This review contextualizes its findings in relation to existing systematic reviews and employs the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies to gauge the level of evidence. The collective evidence underscores the need for additional research employing diverse intervention strategies, with the objective of establishing more robust and enduring treatments for aggressive behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178924001022","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aggressive behavior has long been a focal point of inquiry within behavioral therapies. However, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews synthesizing the efficacy of third-wave behavioral therapies in managing aggression. This study addresses this gap through a systematic review, examining the effectiveness of third-generation behavioral therapies—Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP), and Behavioral Activation (BA)—in managing aggressive behavior among adults.
Out of 38 articles selected for full reading, only six met the criteria for inclusion in this synthesis: three employing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an intervention strategy and three employing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Merely three of these studies were RCTs. Overall, these interventions exhibited a notable reduction in aggressive behavior during the treatment phase but failed to maintain this improvement during follow-up assessments.
This review contextualizes its findings in relation to existing systematic reviews and employs the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies to gauge the level of evidence. The collective evidence underscores the need for additional research employing diverse intervention strategies, with the objective of establishing more robust and enduring treatments for aggressive behavior.
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Aggression and Violent Behavior, A Review Journal is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes substantive and integrative reviews, as well as summary reports of innovative ongoing clinical research programs on a wide range of topics germane to the field of aggression and violent behavior. Papers encompass a large variety of issues, populations, and domains, including homicide (serial, spree, and mass murder: sexual homicide), sexual deviance and assault (rape, serial rape, child molestation, paraphilias), child and youth violence (firesetting, gang violence, juvenile sexual offending), family violence (child physical and sexual abuse, child neglect, incest, spouse and elder abuse), genetic predispositions, and the physiological basis of aggression.