Article Review 1
Misurell, J., Springer, C., Acosta, L., Liotta, L., & Kranzler, A. (2014).
Game-based cognitive–behavioral therapy individual model (GB-CBT-IM) for child sexual abuse: A preliminary outcome study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy, 6(3), 250-258. doi:10.1037/a0033411
The research in this article is targeted towards children between four and seventeen who have experienced sexual abuse. Researchers were trying to find out if using a certain method of treatment was beneficial for helping children progress and rehabilitate, or not. During this study, researchers and/or clinicians tested an approach that was made to help improve behavioral difficulties and symptoms. This type of intervention was …show more content…
This approach to treatment was structured to fit each child based off of “developmental level, language ability, and client interest”. (251) The participants in this study were between the ages of four and seventeen and were all from the New Jersey area. Each participant went through a series of tests to see first if they were eligible to take part in this study. Those who had a development level under the age of a four year old, or were actively suicidal, or who had an active substance abuse problem, and a few other specifics, were denied to partake in this study. In the GB-CBT-IM, it consisted of two groups; “social-emotional skill building, and child sexual abuse specific skills”. (251) Each participant in the study completed a varied amount of four to seventeen sessions. These sessions would also help determine the needs of each child on a unique basis and what category they would fall in. Those categories being: minimally symptomatic children, moderately symptomatic children, and severely traumatized children “whose emotional and behavioral functioning had been significantly impacted—these cases required approximately thirteen to seventeen sessions that were 90 minutes each session.”. …show more content…
In this study participants had made improvements with certain internalizing behaviors, as well as lower scores of externalizing behaviors, such as acting out inappropriately. Scores also showed that children with sexually inappropriate behavior and children with trauma-specific issues showed improvement that put them in the “medium range”. (254) “This was the first study to examine the benefits of GB-CBT as an individual treatment modality. Results indicate that children who received GB-CBT-IM exhibited improvements in a range of symptoms and behaviors. Clinical significance testing further demonstrated the clinical utility of these findings. In addition, children who received GBCBT-IM exhibited improvements in their knowledge of abuse and personal safety skills”.
Misurell, J., Springer, C., Acosta, L., Liotta, L., & Kranzler, A. (2014).
Game-based cognitive–behavioral therapy individual model (GB-CBT-IM) for child sexual abuse: A preliminary outcome study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy, 6(3), 250-258. doi:10.1037/a0033411
The research in this article is targeted towards children between four and seventeen who have experienced sexual abuse. Researchers were trying to find out if using a certain method of treatment was beneficial for helping children progress and rehabilitate, or not. During this study, researchers and/or clinicians tested an approach that was made to help improve behavioral difficulties and symptoms. This type of intervention was …show more content…
This approach to treatment was structured to fit each child based off of “developmental level, language ability, and client interest”. (251) The participants in this study were between the ages of four and seventeen and were all from the New Jersey area. Each participant went through a series of tests to see first if they were eligible to take part in this study. Those who had a development level under the age of a four year old, or were actively suicidal, or who had an active substance abuse problem, and a few other specifics, were denied to partake in this study. In the GB-CBT-IM, it consisted of two groups; “social-emotional skill building, and child sexual abuse specific skills”. (251) Each participant in the study completed a varied amount of four to seventeen sessions. These sessions would also help determine the needs of each child on a unique basis and what category they would fall in. Those categories being: minimally symptomatic children, moderately symptomatic children, and severely traumatized children “whose emotional and behavioral functioning had been significantly impacted—these cases required approximately thirteen to seventeen sessions that were 90 minutes each session.”. …show more content…
In this study participants had made improvements with certain internalizing behaviors, as well as lower scores of externalizing behaviors, such as acting out inappropriately. Scores also showed that children with sexually inappropriate behavior and children with trauma-specific issues showed improvement that put them in the “medium range”. (254) “This was the first study to examine the benefits of GB-CBT as an individual treatment modality. Results indicate that children who received GB-CBT-IM exhibited improvements in a range of symptoms and behaviors. Clinical significance testing further demonstrated the clinical utility of these findings. In addition, children who received GBCBT-IM exhibited improvements in their knowledge of abuse and personal safety skills”.