Anger and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Clinician’s Perspective

• By: Grazyna Kusmierska, PhD Premier HealthCare
• July 1st, 2014
• anger management, Asperger's Syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, Behavioral Intervention, coping strategies, emotional regulation, situation modification, social skills
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Psychology defines anger as a complex psychological phenomenon, a syndrome consisting of emotions, related thoughts, physiological reactions, and behavioral scripts or action tendencies that define the way in which the person acts when angry (e.g. Berkowitz & Harmon-Jones, 2004; Deffenbacher,...