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A Systematic Review of the Research Base on Sexual Reorientation Therapies
Author(s) -
Serovich Julianne M.,
Craft Shonda M.,
Toviessi Paula,
Gangamma Rashmi,
McDowell Tiffany,
Grafsky Erika L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00065.x
Subject(s) - narrative review , narrative , psychology , rigour , demographics , underpinning , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , systematic review , applied psychology , medicine , medline , sociology , epistemology , political science , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , demography , law
In the past few years, members of the AAMFT, like members of other professional groups, have engaged in a discourse as to the necessity and effectiveness of sexual reorientation therapies. The purpose of this article is to review, critique, and synthesize the scientific rigor of the literature base underpinning sexual reorientation therapy research. Using a systematic narrative analysis approach, 28 empirically based, peer‐reviewed articles meeting eligibility criteria were coded for sample characteristics and demographics as well as numerous methodology descriptors. Results indicate the literature base is full of omissions which threaten the validity of interpreting available data.