Westbury E, Tutty L M
Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 1999 Jan;23(1):31-44. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(98)00109-4.
To assess the effectiveness of a new model of group treatment for sexual abuse survivors over individual therapy alone.
In this quasi-experimental design, 32 women were in either group treatment (N = 22) or a wait-list comparison group (N = 10). They completed standardized measures on depression, self-esteem, and trauma symptomatology at pretest and after completing the 10 to 12 week group. All were in concurrent individual therapy.
On average, both groups of women decreased depression and trauma symptoms as well as increased self-esteem. However, the clients in the treatment group improved their depression and anxiety to a statistically significantly greater degree than clients in the wait-list comparison condition. Improvement approaching statistical significance was found in levels of self-esteem in the treatment as compared to the wait-list condition.
The group intervention was significantly more effective than individual treatment alone on depression and anxiety. The inclusion of the wait-list comparison group was critical in interpreting the improvement noted by all of the women in treatment.
评估一种针对性虐待幸存者的新团体治疗模式相对于单独个体治疗的有效性。
在这个准实验设计中，32名女性被分为团体治疗组（N = 22）或候补对照组（N = 10）。她们在治疗前以及完成为期10至12周的团体治疗后，完成了关于抑郁、自尊和创伤症状的标准化测量。所有人都同时接受个体治疗。
平均而言，两组女性的抑郁和创伤症状都有所减轻，自尊有所提高。然而，治疗组的患者在抑郁和焦虑方面的改善程度在统计学上显著高于候补对照条件下的患者。与候补对照条件相比，治疗组的自尊水平改善接近统计学显著性。
团体干预在抑郁和焦虑方面比单独的个体治疗显著更有效。纳入候补对照组对于解释所有接受治疗的女性所观察到的改善至关重要。
