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[cardlaw]

with the study is that all the subjects chosen were volunteers. Naturally, those who volunteer for a study attempting to evidence the "reversion therapy" movement are going to be pro-therapy. So, the sample was not representative. Those interviewed were not a random sample of all those who attempted to revert from homosexuality. They are only those who continued to believe the therapy worked and sought out a way to show the movement worked. The study's sample is inherently biased.

Dr. Spitzer said the data collected showed that, following therapy, many of the participants experienced a marked increase in both the frequency and satisfaction of heterosexual activity, while those in marital relationships noted more emotional fulfillment between their spouses and themselves.

This doesn't mean these participants were converted to heterosexuality. It merely means they were able to repress their homosexual feelings (somewhat) and dupe themselves into believing they were satisfied in their heterosexual relationship.