[Is body oriented psychotherapy a female matter? A clinical process-outcome-study of concentrative movement therapy].

It is often thought, that men have more difficulties in body oriented psychotherapy than women because of the gender specific differences in the attitude towards the body. Using a sample of 62 in-patients, the present study considers the question, whether in clinical psychotherapy influences of sex and age (as control variables) on course and outcome of treatment with Concentrative Movement Therapy (KBT) are found. Course of treatment is recorded by the Group Experience Questionnaire for KBT. Global results of treatment are recorded multidimensionally. KBT related results are determined by ratings of the group therapist. Both global scores are computed. Main result is, that sex and age have no predictive meaning for treatment results and do not clearly differentiate the treatment course. Some effects of sex and age are found concerning the connection of group experience and treatment results. The results lead to hypotheses about differential therapeutic mechanism of KBT depending on age and sex. They need further empirical confirmation.