Citation

Tourigny M, Hebert M. Violence Vict. 2007; 22(3): 334-349.

Affiliation

Department of Psychoeducation, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Marc.Tourigny@USherbrooke.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17619638

Abstract

A first aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an open group therapy for sexually abused teenagers using a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest treatment design. A second aim was to explore whether differential gains were linked to an open versus a closed group format. Results indicate that sexually abused girls involved in an open group therapy showed significant gains relative to teenagers of the control group girls for the majority of the variables considered. Analyses contrasting the two formats of group therapy fail to identify statistical differences suggesting that both open and closed group formats are likely to be associated with the same significant gains for sexually abused teenagers.

Language: en