Group Therapy: An Alternative Treatment Approach for Rape Victims
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
- Vol. 6 (1) , 40-46
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00926238008404244
Abstract
The current study describes a pilot project in which rape victims were treated in group therapy. Objective measures of psychological disturbance before and after 10 weeks of treatment revealed the victims experienced substantially reduced anxiety, fear, and hostility levels. This finding was independent of the amount of time between the rape and the initiation of treatment. The data also suggest that some victims do not benefit and may even worsen with treatment.Keywords
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