Beyond anger control: Difficulty attending to emotions also predicts aggression in offenders

By Terri Roberton, M. Daffern, Romola S. Bucks. 2015

112 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1386b3935c3241df39e95bd6f155414e79460b16

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In Clinical Psychology

1. C. Garofalo
2. P. Velotti
3. Craig S. Neumann
4. G. Zavattini
5. Robert D. Hare

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Craig S. Neumann
2. G. Zavattini
3. C. Garofalo
4. P. Velotti

In Social Psychology

1. C. Garofalo
2. P. Velotti
3. Craig S. Neumann
4. G. Zavattini

Citations in the corpus

• Difficulties in emotion regulation and psychopathic traits in violent offenders (2018, background): “…recommendations for the treatment of violent and sexual offenders (Garofalo, Velotti, & Zavattini, 2017; Gillespie, Mitchell, Fisher, & Beech, 2012; Roberton et al., 2015), the current findings suggest that psychopathic offenders may also benefit from interventions targeting the awareness,…”
• Negative emotionality and aggression in violent offenders: The moderating role of emotion dysregulation (2017, background): “…typically emerged as independent signi fi cant predictor, with somewhat less consistent evidence for the role of emotional nonacceptance and lack of emotional awareness (Garofalo et al., 2016; Roberton et al., 2014, 2015; Velotti, Casselman, Garofalo, & McKenzie, in press; Velotti et al., 2016).”
• Emotion Regulation and Aggression: The Incremental Contribution of Alexithymia, Impulsivity, and Emotion Dysregulation Facets (2017, background): “The study findings support prior claims (Garofalo et al., 2016; Roberton et al., 2015) that interventions aimed at reducing aggression should include an emphasis on the ability to: acknowledge and identify feelings; accept emotions, especially when they are upsetting; control behavior when…”