CURRENT STATUS OF OUTCOME IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
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Adequately designed studies of group psychotherapy have been sparse. Research has been perplexingly difficult, and methodologically it has generally fallen short of effectively evaluating group therapy. In many instances, researchers have neglected to define their parameters adequately, making studies difficult, if not impossible to replicate. More importantly therapeutic variables that influence outcome are still poorly understood and when they are examined, relating them to therapeutic effectiveness is often neglected. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the problems of studying outcome in group therapy research in the last decade. Although not an exhaustive review of the literature, selected reviews, research articles, and case studies have been examined.
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