Factores Curativos en psicoterapia de grupo: su evaluación y análisis en una muestra de alcohólicos rehabilitados

Abstract

Taking the idea of the positive results of alcoholic group therapy found in the literature as our starting point, we undertook an evaluation of the results of group psychotherapy in a sample of alcoholic patients (n=34), treated as outpatients, with an abstinence time of three months to three and a half years, utilising the Yalom Curative Factors Questionnaire (60 items). We found the Group Curative Factors to be: 1) Altruism, 1) Understanding of oneself, 3) Revalidation of the family, according to Yalom’s Theory, among those with the highest score. These results were compared with those reported previously in the literature on the subject of Yalom’s group therapy, and also with a control group of psychiatric patients (n=19), establishing the corresponding differences. Useful inferences are also established for group psychotherapy for alcoholic patients and their needs during therapy.