RECRUITING

Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State

Study Overview

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Description

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.

Official Title

Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-11-18
Study Completion:2025-07
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06526247

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Identify as a man
  2. 2. Provide consent for the research team to contact his intimate partner(s) for data collection purposes;
  3. 3. Court-referred for IPV intervention in Washington state
  4. 1. Identify as a woman
  5. 2. Were or currently are an intimate partner involved in an incident of IPV with a court-referred participant
  1. 1. demonstrates active psychosis that may interfere with their ability to participate in group
  2. 2. expresses prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation that requires hospitalization
  3. 3. does not possess proficiency in spoken English
  4. 4. periods of incarceration after study enrollment

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Casey Taft, PhD
CONTACT
857-214-0986
taft@bu.edu
Megan Kopitsky, BS
CONTACT
megan.kopitsky@va.gov

Principal Investigator

Casey Taft, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
BU School of Medicine and National Center for PTSD

Study Locations (Sites)

BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Boston University

  • Casey Taft, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, BU School of Medicine and National Center for PTSD

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-11-18
Study Completion Date2025-07

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-11-18
Study Completion Date2025-07

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Strength at Home (SAH)
  • Trauma-informed
  • Treatment as Usual (TAU)
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Alcohol use
  • Washington state

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Intimate Partner Violence