TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Group compassion-based therapy for female survivors of intimate-partner violence and gender-based violence: a pilot study
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Naismith, Iona
A1  - Ripoll, Karen
A1  - Pardo, Valeria M.
SP  - 175
EP  - 182
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - Emotional disorders are common in survivors of gender-based violence, especially intimate partner violence (IPV), and are often maintained by shame and self-criticism. Compassion-based therapies target shame and self-criticism but have not been evaluated in this population to date, nor in any low- or middle-income country. Ten Colombian females reporting recent gender-based violence and clinical levels of emotional disorder(s) completed a 5-session group compassion-based therapy intervention. Measures of symptoms and hypothesized mediators were applied 5 weeks before treatment (baseline), pre-treatment, post-treatment and 3-month follow-up. At follow-up, 56 to 89% of cases showed reliable symptom change (depending on the measure). Self-inadequacy, guilt cognitions and experiential avoidance may be important mediators of change. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate that compassion-based interventions may benefit this population, even for women remaining in relationships with IPV, those with low formal education, and in contexts where gender-based violence is a social norm.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-019-00127-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -