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. 2013;8(4):10.1080/1556035X.2013.836867.
doi: 10.1080/1556035X.2013.836867.

Group Process in the single-gender Women's Recovery Group compared with mixed-gender Group Drug Counseling

Shelly F Greenfield  1 , Laura E Kuper, Amanda M Cummings, Michael S Robbins, Robert J Gallop
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Group Process in the single-gender Women's Recovery Group compared with mixed-gender Group Drug Counseling

Shelly F Greenfield et al. J Groups Addict Recover. 2013.

Abstract

Enhanced affiliation among members is thought to provide increased support for women in single-gender compared with mixed-gender group therapy for substance use disorders (SUDs) and to provide a potential mechanism of action for its efficacy. In a Stage I trial of single-gender versus mixed-gender group therapy for SUDs we examined affiliative statements made by members in two group treatments, single-gender Women's Recovery Group (WRG) and mixed-gender Group Drug Counseling (GDC). Twenty-eight WRG and 17 GDC group therapy tapes were coded and compared for five types of affiliative statements. Three types of affiliative statements (agreement, supportive, and completing a thought) were highly correlated and were more frequent in WRG than GDC (D=0.882, p=0.27). In GDC, women were more likely to provide an affiliative statement to a male group member than any other combination of directionality (p<0.01). Compared with mixed-gender, single-gender group therapy for SUDs may enhance support through greater frequency of affiliative statements.

Keywords: Group Therapy; Mixed-gender programs; Treatment for women; Treatment outcomes; Women-only programs.

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Directionality rates for the Individual Scales among GDC group participants: Average across sessions
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Directional Rates for the Composite Affiliative Scale among GDC group participants
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