Wubbolding(2000) reviewed research using reality therapy with individuals with addiction and depression as well as studies of juvenile and adult offenders.
Aggressive behavior has been a specific area of attention in reality therapy research.
In one study,male domestic violence perpetrators were divided into two groups of 15.
One group received 12 weeks of group reality therapy treatment.
The other received 12 weeks of structured cognitive behavioral therapy.
The men who participated in the reality therapy group made a significant change on a scale of self-control over violence, whereas the other men did not (Gilliam, 2004).
No significant differences were found across a variety of psychological and social measures.
In a study of 23 females and 22 males who participated in a 21-session program for domestic violence based on reality therapy concepts and reality thrapy for the families,there was very little or no reported violence for female offendwes, whereas some violence was reported with males (Rachor, 1995)