Smith Hawthorne, Keatley Eva, Min Moonkyung
Int J Group Psychother. 2019 Apr;69(2):240-252. doi: 10.1080/00207284.2018.1504295. Epub 2018 Aug 24.
This study examines the clinical engagement of French-speaking African survivors of torture by measuring how often they utilize adjunctive programmatic services (i.e., mental health, social, and legal services) in relation to their involvement with the Francophone support group. Thirty-two clients who attended at least five Francophone group therapy sessions were identified and matched with their counterparts who never attended the Francophone group. We compared the number of services the clients in the Francophone group and the control group utilized, controlling for the number of services the clients utilized before attending the Francophone group. We found that the Francophone group showed significantly greater overall programmatic engagement. For the types of services utilized, the Francophone group sought out more mental health services, but there was no significant difference in social and legal services. These findings suggest that involvement with the Francophone group can be linked to increased levels of programmatic engagement.
本研究通过测量说法语的非洲酷刑幸存者使用辅助性项目服务（即心理健康、社会和法律服务）的频率，以及他们参与法语支持小组的情况，来考察他们的临床参与度。我们确定了32名至少参加过五次法语小组治疗的客户，并将他们与从未参加过法语小组的客户进行匹配。我们比较了法语组和对照组客户使用服务的数量，并控制了客户在参加法语小组之前使用服务的数量。我们发现，法语组的整体项目参与度明显更高。在使用的服务类型方面，法语组寻求更多的心理健康服务，但在社会和法律服务方面没有显著差异。这些发现表明，参与法语小组可能与项目参与度的提高有关。
