Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
Scheck MM, Schaeffer JA, Gillette C. · Journal of traumatic stress · 1998 · Randomized controlled trial
Original publication · Original publication
Recorded summary
Sixty women aged 16–25 received two sessions of EMDR or active listening. Both groups improved, with larger immediate changes in the EMDR group.
Recorded limitations
A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
Evidence and provenance
Chapter Trust Factor uses a minimum of three distinct qualifying studies. Publication records retain their own evidence and assessment.
Study design and assessment
- design
- Randomized controlled trial
- assessment
- category
- peer-reviewed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- reviewed At
- 2026-10-23
- trust Factor
- score
- 2
- scope
- Paper
- status
- assessed
- randomized Controlled Trial
- true
- blinding
- not-confirmed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- review Scope
- Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
- assessed At
- 2026-10-27
- jadad
- status
- unassessed
- score
- Not recorded
- evidence
- evidence Type
- Clinical & self-report
- measured Genes
- None recorded
- relationship Note
- A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
Topics and recorded topic scores
- key
- vision:young-adults
- title
- EMDR and related interventions for young adults
- collection
- vision
- trust Score
- 1
Citation snapshot and identifiers
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- pmid-9479674
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- 10.1023/a:1024400931106
- pmid
- 9479674
- citation Snapshot
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- 134
- source
- Crossref
- retrieved At
- 2026-10-23
- citations By Collection
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- 134
Complete approved library record
- id
- pmid-9479674
- publication Key
- doi:10.1023/a:1024400931106
- aliases
- None recorded
- title
- Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
- journal
- Journal of traumatic stress
- neurotransmitters
- None recorded
- year
- 1998
- authors
- Scheck MM, Schaeffer JA, Gillette C.
- design
- Randomized controlled trial
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- Journal article
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- Not recorded
- doi
- 10.1023/a:1024400931106
- pmid
- 9479674
- urls
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
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vision
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Clinical & self-report
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- None recorded
- priority
- 1
- quotes
- None recorded
- summary
- Sixty women aged 16–25 received two sessions of EMDR or active listening. Both groups improved, with larger immediate changes in the EMDR group.
- limitation
- A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
- citation Count
- 134
- citation Snapshot
- count
- 134
- source
- Crossref
- retrieved At
- 2026-10-23
- study Design Assessment
- category
- peer-reviewed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- reviewed At
- 2026-10-23
- paper Trust Assessment
- score
- 2
- scope
- Paper
- status
- assessed
- randomized Controlled Trial
- true
- blinding
- not-confirmed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- review Scope
- Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
- assessed At
- 2026-10-27
- citations By Collection
- vision
- 134
- topics
- key
- vision:young-adults
- title
- EMDR and related interventions for young adults
- collection
- vision
- trust Score
- 1
- journal Key
- journaloftraumaticstress
- journal Label
- Journal of traumatic stress
- chapter Entries
- title
- Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
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- Journal of traumatic stress
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- 1998
- authors
- Scheck MM, Schaeffer JA, Gillette C.
- design
- Randomized controlled trial
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- doi
- 10.1023/a:1024400931106
- pmid
- 9479674
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Clinical & self-report
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- 134
- citation Snapshot
- count
- 134
- source
- Crossref
- retrieved At
- 2026-10-23
- study Design Assessment
- category
- peer-reviewed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- reviewed At
- 2026-10-23
- evidence
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- Clinical & self-report
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- None recorded
- relationship Note
- A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
- record Id
- pmid-9479674
- quotes
- None recorded
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- None recorded
- summary
- Sixty women aged 16–25 received two sessions of EMDR or active listening. Both groups improved, with larger immediate changes in the EMDR group.
- limitation
- A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
- id
- vision-young-adults-pmid-9479674
- paper Trust Assessment
- score
- 2
- scope
- Paper
- status
- assessed
- randomized Controlled Trial
- true
- blinding
- not-confirmed
- peer Reviewed
- true
- basis
- Publication identity and reported study design checked. Outcome blinding is not established in the material reviewed; no single- or double-blind RCT classification is assigned.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9479674/ · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024400931106
- review Scope
- Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
- assessed At
- 2026-10-27
- publication Key
- doi:10.1023/a:1024400931106
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- EMDR and related interventions for young adults
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- Clinical & self-report
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- None recorded
- relationship Note
- A small, early trial with a mixed adolescent/young-adult sample. Immediate outcomes do not establish durable effects or an exclusively 18–24 result.
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- Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
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