Group Treatment for Spouse Abuse: Are Women with PTSD Appropriate Participants?

摘要: Eighty four abused women seeking therapy with their husbands were accepted into a group treatment program for spouse abuse. In the current study, we evaluated outcome of those (n = 27) diagnosed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD diagnosis, itself, did not differentiate who dropped out treatment. Results indicated, however, that across all women, avoidance symptomatology significantly differentiated completers from dropouts. Although began in worse condition (lower marital satisfaction, higher depressive symptomatology, greater fear spouse), post-assessment revealed they achieved positive gains parallel to without PTSD. Women improved on each variable measured, including reduction spouse. also differentially drop either (men's/women's versus conjoint groups) which lends support appropriateness