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Group psychotherapy is one of the preferred treatment modalities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prospective cohort study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Forty\u2010seven women with a history of childhood and\/or adulthood sexual abuse were recruited for weekly 12\u2010session group psychotherapy. Subjects were given the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, the Clinician Administered Post\u2010traumatic Stress Disorder Scale, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and the Group Therapeutic Factors Questionnaire. Re\u2010evaluations were made after the 6th and 12th session and also at a six\u2010month follow\u2010up session.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Group psychotherapy significantly reduced participants' levels of depression (screening\/12th session mean scores, 22\u00b745\/11\u00b710), anxiety (15\u00b745\/4\u00b732) and symptoms of post\u2010traumatic stress disorder (42\u00b727\/9\u00b732), and this decline became statistically significant at the 6th session and tended to persist at the six\u2010month follow\u2010up. Higher levels of dissociative symptoms at baseline were associated with less response to treatment, but higher levels of attendance at group sessions. Group members rated existential factors (41\u00b740\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00b739), cohesiveness (37\u00b742\u00a0\u00b1\u00a08\u00b732) and universalism (37\u00b756\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07\u00b711) as the most helpful therapeutic factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Group psychotherapy was significantly effective in reducing levels of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in this sample of women. Dissociation had a significant effect on both treatment outcome and treatment adherence. 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