Expanding research on a brief exposure-based group treatment with incarcerated women.

Psychotherapy

April 2021

Full Citation

Karlsson, M. E., Zielinski, M. J., & Bridges, A. J.(2015). Expanding research on a brief exposure-based group treatment with incarcerated women. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 54(8), 599-617. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2015.1088918

Abstract

Incarcerated women experience high rates of sexual victimization and mental illness. The current study evaluated outcomes from an eight-session exposure-based group treatment with incarcerated women who had experienced sexual victimization. A total of 52 women participated in nine separate groups over a 2-year period. Participants reported statistically significant reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms from pretreatment to posttreatment (large effect sizes; all eta2 > .20). Among participants with pretreatment and posttreatment data (n2 = 36), approximately 70% showed clinical significant reductions and/or were considered recovered (e.g., no longer above the clinical cutoff) on at least one of the three diagnostic measures. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)