title: Efficacy of a group therapy for sexually abused adolescent girls.
abstract: The effects of a group therapy program for teenage girls reporting child sexual abuse were evaluated by means of a pretest/ post-test design with a control group. The psycho-educational intervention consisted of an average of 20 weekly two-hour meetings. Results of the repeated analyses of variance (ANOVA) revealed a significant improvement in youth participating in the therapy when compared with the control group on measures of post-traumatic stress, internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, coping strategies, relationship with the mother, and sense of empowerment. The findings suggest that the group therapy offered by the Centre d'Intervention en Abus Sexuels pour la Famille (CIASF) was effective in reducing symptoms for sexually abused teenagers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Specialized Education, University of Sherbrooke, Canada. Marc.Tourigny@USherbrooke.ca
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tourigny
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hébert
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daigneault
authors.forename: Ann Claude
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Simoneau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002170:Canada; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D016896:Treatment Outcome