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Research Interests of Participating Faculty
Christine Edmondson, Psychology.
“The Anger Disorders Validity Project” is designed to assess the
validity of anger syndromes in a college student counseling sample.
In addition, the Anger Disorders Validity Project is developing
behavioral observation procedures for evaluating the types of anger
management strategies used by individuals with various types of
psychopathology. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI,
World Health Organization, 2002) is used to determine research
participants’ psychiatric diagnosis. Then, participants complete a
modified role-play of anger-provoking situations. The modified
role-play is videotaped using digital video cameras and allows for
the assessment of behavioral and cognitive aspects of anger
responses. The digital videos are edited using computers prior to
observations. Students are involved in data entry and checking
activities, making behavioral observations and coding cognitive
aspects of role-play responses, quality control of all aspects of
data collection, conducting literature reviews and submitting
preliminary research reports to conferences. The students are
supervised by the principal investigator and clinical liaison along
with the paid research staff (a postdoctoral intern, graduate
students, and advanced undergraduate students). The research team
provides the foundation for the development of honors students’
independent research on various aspects of anger management.
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