Group Treatment for Sexually Abused Girls: Evaluating Outcome

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Although many articles advocate treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, few studies have examined the effects of such treatment. The authors evaluated the effectiveness of group treatment for seven- to nine-year-old girls who had been sexually abused. The usefulness of parent-report and self-report measures in assessing therapeutic change was also examined. Findings support the hypothesis that group treatment decreases problem behaviors as reported by parents. The findings of the self-report data, however, were inconsistent. Implications for the measurement of therapeutic change in young sexually abused children are discussed.

This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit: