Father-Focused Intervention for Reducing Family Violence and Symptoms in Children

Part of paid clinical trials in New Haven, Connecticut.

Sponsor
Yale University
Study ID
NCT06074068
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Child Maltreatment
  • Intimate Partner Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Fathers for Change — BEHAVIORAL
    18 week individual therapy focused on fathers' emotion regulation, reflective functioning and family communication.
  • Duluth BIP — BEHAVIORAL
    18 week individually delivered psychoeducation and CBT focused program focused on intimate partner violence

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the efficacy of Fathers for Change (F4C) compared to standard Batterer Intervention for fathers with a history of Intimate Partner Violence. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: 1. Is F4C more efficacious than standard BIP in reducing family violence and child mental health impairment? 2. What are the trajectories of therapeutic change targets across interventions? 3. Does father's emotion regulation and reflective functioning mediate the relationship between the two interventions and child-related outcomes? Participants will be randomized to either Fathers for Change on Batterer Intervention.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 11, 2024
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2028
Completion
Dec 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
1,080 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Fathers for Change
    Defining features of F4C include: 1) focus on the fathering role to facilitate engagement, 2) focus on RF to understand self, partner and children and emotion regulation skills to reduce IPV and child maltreatment. F4C focuses on understanding of emotional experiences, how they impact thinking and behaviors related to partners, co-parents and children. F4C clients will meet individually with their F4C therapist for 60 minutes per week over 18 weeks.
  • Active Comparator: Duluth BIP
    The BIP is a psychoeducational intervention that will be delivered in 60- minute individual weekly sessions over 18 weeks. The intervention focuses on the impact of violence on victims, power and control tactics, and societal influences supporting men's violence toward women. The intervention includes didactics and experiential exercises including video vignettes and role plays to teach anger management skills.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Physical Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) overtime [ Time Frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, 43 weeks and 70 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
YaleNew HavenConnecticut06520-
UCONN Health CenterWest HartfordConnecticut06119-

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