Medical Social Work

Aggression & Anger Management

Aggression can involve physical aggression, (behaviors such as pushing, shoving, hitting, or kicking), verbal aggression, (including threatening and intimidating others and engaging in teasing or taunting), as well as indirect aggression, (behaviors such as gossiping, spreading rumors, and encouraging others to reject or exclude someone). Whenever one person intentionally tries to harm another, it is an act of aggression. There are ways to help control one’s aggression through anger management. Anger management can encompass many techniques and methods such as increasing one’s exercise, using stress and anxiety relaxation techniques, or through learning to monitor and change one’s cognitions and behaviors.

Helpful Links:

American Psychological Association – Controlling Anger

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University Counseling & Testing Center

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