Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston University
Study ID
NCT06526247
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Intimate Partner Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Strength at Home (SAH) — BEHAVIORAL
    SAH is a group intervention that incorporates elements from interventions for violence and trauma. It is administered during 12 two-hour weekly sessions. The program uses a social information processing model based on the premise that trauma negatively impacts one's ability to interpret and respond to social situations effectively. It underscores the importance of cognitive behavioral strategies to monitor one's thoughts and responses to interpersonal situations.
  • Treatment as usual for IPV — BEHAVIORAL
    Treatment as usual for IPV includes court-mandated interventions delivered over the 26 two-hour weekly sessions in Washington state.

Study Details

Intimate partner violence (IPV), specifically physical and psychological aggression toward an intimate partner, represents a public health crisis that affects millions of Americans each year. There currently exists very little evidence from randomized controlled trials for the effectiveness of abuser intervention programs designed to prevent and end perpetration of IPV in the general population. This is troubling considering that approximately half a million men and women are court-mandated to these programs each year. The investigators will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) investigating the efficacy of the Strength at Home (SAH) intervention in reducing intimate partner violence (IPV). The overarching aim of this study is to test the efficacy of SAH with court-involved-partner-violent men through an RCT comparing those who receive SAH with those who receive other standard IPV interventions offered in the state of Washington (treatment as usual- TAU). The specific aims are: 1.1: Compare the frequency of physical and psychological IPV, the primary outcomes of interest, across conditions as reported by the male participants and their intimate partners across Time 1 (baseline) and four 3-month follow ups (Times 2-5). It is expected that greater reductions in IPV frequencies will be evidenced in SAH than TAU over the course of the year. 1.2: Compare symptoms of PTSD, alexithymia, and alcohol use problems across conditions and assessment time points as reported by the male participants. It is expected that greater reductions in these symptoms will be evidenced in SAH than TAU over the course of the year. 1.3: Compare treatment satisfaction across conditions as reported by the male participants across the four 3-month follow ups (Times 2-5). It is expected that treatment satisfaction will be higher in SAH than TAU.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 18, 2024
Status verified
Jul 2025
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Jul 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
800 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Strength at Home (SAH)
    Participants randomized into this arm with receive a trauma-informed intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention program.
  • Active Comparator: Treatment as Usual (TAU)
    Participants randomized into this arm with receive a standard IPV intervention program in the state of Washington.

Primary Outcome Measure

IPV assessment [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months. 9 months, 12 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, PsychiatryBostonMassachusetts02118
Casey Taft, PhD
[email protected]
857-214-0986

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