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Effectiveness of a Trauma/Grief–Focused Group Intervention: A Qualitative Study with War–Exposed Bosnian Adolescents

Cox, Jonathan, Davies, D. Rob, Burlingame, Gary M., Campbell, J. Eric, Layne, Christopher M., Katzenbach, R. Jason·2007·International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Abstract

The effectiveness and impacts of a school-based, trauma/grief-focused group treatment program for war-exposed youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina were investigated using semistructured focus groups, conducted separately for students and their school counselor group leaders. Overall, students' and leaders' evaluations of the groups were generally positive. General themes of outcomes and impacts perceived by students and group leaders include: acquisition of coping skills and attitudes, willingness to advocate for peers, improved interpersonal relationships, negative impacts, general positive impacts, impacts in the schools, impacts on the group and logistics of the program, and broader impacts on the perception of mental health in the community. The broad positive impacts of this program suggest that trauma/grief-focused group treatment intervention programs targeting trauma-exposed youth may be effective on multiple levels with war-exposed youth and their communities.

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  • In an RCT with 127 war-exposed secondary school students, significant reductions in PTSD and depressive symptoms and improvements in maladaptive grief were found among intervention participants compared to an active-treatment comparison group.

    “Significant reductions in PTSD and depressive symptoms, as well as improvements in maladaptive grief, were perceived among intervention participants as compared to an active-treatment comparison group that did not participate in the intervention.”
  • Several studies reviewed highlight how paraprofessionals and lay facilitators may be successfully mobilized to deliver mental health and psychosocial interventions.

    “Several of the studies reviewed here highlight how paraprofessionals and lay facilitators may be successfully mobilized to deliver mental health and psychosocial interventions.29,50–53,58,59,63”

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Authors
Cox, J., Davies, D. R., Burlingame, G. M., Campbell, J. E., Layne, C. M., & Katzenbach, R. J.
Affiliations
  • Brigham Young University (US)
  • University of Utah (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Cox, Jonathan
Venue
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Published
2007-07
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
319-345
ISSN
  • 0020-7284 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-2836
OpenAlex
W2070364436
Cited by
82
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
5.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Group Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
Keywords
school-based mental health programs, school counselors, coping strategies, interpersonal relationships
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Female, Grief, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Psychotherapy, Group, Research Design, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Warfare, Treatment Outcome, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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