Differential therapeutic outcomes of community-based group interventions for women and children exposed to intimate partner violence
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Two community-based group therapies, emotion focused versus goal oriented, are compared among women exposed to intimate partner violence (n = 46) and their children ( n = 48) aged between 6 and 12 years. A series of repeated measures analyses are employed to evaluate the effects of time from baseline to postintervention following random assignment. Main and treatment effects for women provide support for the relative effectiveness in increasing quality of social support in the emotion-focused intervention and in the reduction of both family conflict and alcohol use for the goal-oriented intervention.
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The three studies by Kelly et al., McWhirter et al., and Nicolaidis et al. reported significant reductions in severity of depression and PTSD, as well as an increase in social support and self-efficacy for the women involved.
“These studies reported significant reductions in severity of mental health conditions like depression and PTSD, as well as an increase in social support and self-efficacy for the women who were involved in the study.”
From A systematic review of intimate partner violence interventions focused on improving social support and/ mental health outcomes of survivors (2020) · cites this paper as [37]
The women’s-group results (Journal of Interpersonal Violence 26(12); page unavailable) report significant effects for depression and self-efficacy, with decreases in depression and increases in self-efficacy in both groups. The Discussion (page unavailable) reports improved social support, particularly in the emotion-focused group. The paper discusses PTSD but does not report a reduction in PTSD severity among participants, so that part of the claim is not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredNine of the reviewed studies (3 RCTs, 3 pre-post evaluations, 3 qualitative research) consisted of community-based interventions.
“9 (3 RCTs, 3 pre-post evaluations, 3 qualitative research) of the studies we reviewed consisted of interventions described as being community-based [34–42].”
From A systematic review of intimate partner violence interventions focused on improving social support and/ mental health outcomes of survivors (2020) · cites this paper as [37]
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- Authors
- McWhirter, P. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Corresponding author
- McWhirter, Paula T.
- Venue
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-10-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2457-2482
- ISSN
- 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6518
- OpenAlex
- W2096456268
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 41
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- FWCI
- 3.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SHAREOK (University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma State University; Central Oklahoma University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, group therapy, emotion-focused therapy, goal-directed therapy, social support, family conflict, alcohol consumption, community-based intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Analysis of Variance, Child, Community Mental Health Services, Emotions, Family Therapy, Female, Gestalt Theory, Goals, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Self-Assessment, Social Support, Spouse Abuse, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Southwestern United States, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Battered Women, Young Adult
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