ArticleGroup dynamics : theory, research, and practice : the official journal of Division 49, Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association2018
Alliance across group treatment for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of interpersonal trauma and treatment type.
Article in Group dynamics : theory, research, and practice : the official journal of Division 49, Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Present-centered therapy (PCT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The Effect of Therapeutic Alliance on Dropout in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Journal of traumatic stress · 2021Trial
- Psychotherapy for PTSD - a scoping review of how change during treatment has been studied.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Assessing Interpersonal Impact of Veterans with PTSD and Moral Injury: A Case Study of How Significant Others Perceive Veterans Undergoing a Positive Psychology Intervention.Journal of psychotherapy integration · 2024Article
- Ruptures and repairs of group therapy alliance. An untold story in psychotherapy research.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveExamine initial levels and pattern of change of alliance in group treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for veterans.
methodOne hundred and seventy-eight male veterans with PTSD were recruited for this study. Participants were randomly assigned to either group cognitive behavioral therapy (GCBT) or to group present-centered therapy (GPCT). Alliance with fellow group members was assessed every other session throughout the group (total of seven assessments). Hierarchical linear modeling was used to determine whether treatment condition or index trauma type (interpersonal or non-interpersonal) impacted initial levels of alliance or change in alliance over time.
resultsAlliance increased significantly throughout treatment in both conditions. The presence of an interpersonal index event, compared to a non-interpersonal index event, did not significantly impact either initial levels of alliance or change in alliance over time. Participants in the GCBT condition experienced significantly greater growth in alliance over time compared to those in the GPCT condition (
conclusionsThe components and focus of the GCBT treatment may have facilitated more rapid bonding among members. Interpersonal traumatic experience did not negatively impact group alliance.
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