Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Men:

• Identify as a man

• Provide consent for the research team to contact his intimate partner(s) for data collection purposes;

• Court-referred for IPV intervention in Washington state

⁃ Women:

• Identify as a woman

• Were or currently are an intimate partner involved in an incident of IPV with a court-referred participant

Locations
United States
Massachusetts
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Psychiatry
RECRUITING
Boston
Contact Information
Primary
Casey Taft, PhD
taft@bu.edu
857-214-0986
Backup
Megan Kopitsky, BS
megan.kopitsky@va.gov
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-11-18
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-07
Participants
Target number of participants: 800
Treatments
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.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Office of Crime Victims Advocacy - Washington State Department of Commerce
Leads: Boston University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov