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Two-year follow-up study of cognitive behavioral therapy for sexually abused children suffering post-traumatic stress symptoms

Deblinger, Esther, Steer, Robert A., Lippmann, Julie·1999·Child Abuse & Neglect

Abstract

Objective The present study sought to determine whether the 12-session pre- to posttest therapeutic gains that had been found by Deblinger, Lippmann. and Steer (1996) for an initial sample of 100 sexually abused children suffering posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms would be sustained 2 years after treatment.Method These sexually abused children, along with their nonoffending mothers, had been randomly assigned to one of three cognitive-behavioral treatment conditions, child only, mother only, or mother and child, or a community comparison condition, and were followed for 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after treatment.Results A series of repeated MANCOVAs, controlling for the pre-test scores, indicated that for the three measures of psychopathology that had significantly decreased in the original study (i.e., externalizing behavior problems, depression, and PTSD symptoms), these measures at 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years were comparable to the posttest scores.Conclusions These findings suggest that the pre- to post-treatment improvements held across the 2-year follow-up period. The clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed.

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Authors
Deblinger, E., Steer, R. A., & Lippmann, J.
Affiliations
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Deblinger, Esther
Venue
Child Abuse & Neglect
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-12
Volume
23
Issue
12
Pages
1371-1378
ISSN
0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2028622212
Cited by
337
References
10
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (90-CA-1461)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, child sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, maintenance of treatment effects, long-term follow-up, externalizing problems, depression, mothers of abused children, psychopathology
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome

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