What happens in therapy with sexual offenders? A model of process research

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-151

  Pfäfflin, Friedemann ^a   Böhmer, Mechthild ^a   Cornehl, Stephanie ^a   Mergenthaler, Erhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sex offenders; Therapeutic process research

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944474630     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11194-005-4601-2     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Böhmer, M. (2000). Forensische Psychotherapieforschung. Eine Einzelfallstudie (Forensic psychotherapy research. A single case study). Centaurus, Herbolzheim.
2. Buchheim, A., & Mergenthaler, E. (2000). The relationship among attachment representation, emotion-abstraction patterns, and narrative style: A computer-based text analysis of the adult attachment interview. Psychotherapy Research, 10(4), 390-407.
3. Cornehl, S. (2000). Forensische Psychotherapieprozessforschung: Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten im psychotherapeutischen Prozess forensischer und psychoneurotischer Patienten (Forensic psychotherapy research: Differences and Commonalities in the psychotherapeutic process of forensic and psychoneurotic patients). Doctorial Thesis. University of Ulm - Faculty of Medicine, Germany.
4. Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.
5. Grawe, K. (1997). Research-informed psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 7, 1-19.
6. JMP. (2002). The Statistical Discovery Software. Version 5. Cary, NC: SAS Institute.
7. Hall, G. (1995). Sexual offender recidivism revisited: A meta-analysis of recent treatment studies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 802-809.
8. Hanson, R., & Bussière, M. (1998). Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 348-362.
9. Karasu, T. B. (1986). The specificity versus no specificity dilemma: Toward identifying therapeutic change agents. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143, 687-695.
10. Luborsky, L., Crits-Christoph, P., Mintz, J., & Auerbach, A. (1988). Who will benefit from psychotherapy? Predicting therapeutic outcomes. New York: Basic Books.
11. Marshall, W. L., Anderson, D., & Fernandez, Y. M., (1999). Cognitive behavioural treatment of sexual offenders. Chichester, England: Wiley.
12. Marshall, W. L., Fernandez, Y. M., Hudson, S. M., & Ward, T. (1998). Sourcebook of treatment programs for sexual offenders. New York: Plenum.
13. Mergenthaler, E. (1993). TAS/C user manual. Ulm, Germany: Ulmer Textbank.
14. Mergenthaler, E. (1996). Emotion-abstraction patterns in verbatim protocols: A new way of describing psychotherapeutic processes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 1306-1315.
15. Mergenthaler, E. (1997). Emotions/Abstraktions-Muster in Verbatimprotokollen (Emotion/Abstraction Patterns in verbatim protocols). Frankfurt, Germany: VAS-Verlag für Akademische Schriften.
16. Mergenthaler, E. (2000). The Therapeutic Cycle Model in psychotherapy research: Theory, measurement, and clinical application. Ricerche sui Gruppi, 5, 34-40.
17. Mergenthaler, E., & Stinson, C. H. (1992). Psychotherapy transcription standards. Psychotherapy Research, 2, 125-142.
18. Rüther, W. (1998). Internationale Erfahrungen bei der Behandlung von Sexualstraftätern (International experiences in treatment with sexual offenders). Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 81, 246-262.
19. Ward, T., Hudson, S. M., & Marshall, W. L. (1996). Attachment style in sex offenders: A preliminary study. Journal of Sex Research, 33, 17-26.