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Strength At Home: Veterans' Program (PTSD-Focused Therapy for Anger and Relationship Conflict Among OEF/OIF Veterans)

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified September 2011 by Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Department of Defense
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Casey Taft, Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01435512
First received: August 6, 2009
Last updated: September 15, 2011
Last verified: September 2011
History of Changes

August 6, 2009
September 15, 2011
March 2009
September 2012   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intimate partner aggression as measured by the conflict tactics scale [ Time Frame: 6-month follow up (after completion of treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Same as current
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01435512 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
  • Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as assessed by the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) [ Time Frame: 6 month follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Relationship satisfaction as measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale [ Time Frame: 6-month follow up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Trait anger as measured by the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and aggression as measured by the Aggression Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 6-month follow up ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Same as current
Not Provided
Not Provided
 
Strength At Home: Veterans' Program (PTSD-Focused Therapy for Anger and Relationship Conflict Among OEF/OIF Veterans)
Strength At Home: Veterans' Program (Formerly: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-Focused Therapy for Anger and Relationship Conflict Among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans)

This is a research study funded by the Department of Defense to test a therapeutic intervention for male combat veterans who engage in intimate partner violence (IPV). The investigators hope to decrease the recurrence of relationship aggression and help veterans manage anger. The primary aim of the study is to test the intervention.

The purpose of this project is to develop, standardize, and test an intervention for combat veterans exposed to trauma who engage in intimate partner aggression (IPA). This intervention, formerly labeled PTSD-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Partner Violence (PFCBT), and currently called the Strength at Home, Veteran's Program, incorporates components of interventions for IPA and trauma and will target mechanisms implicated in the relationship between trauma and IPA. This project addresses a number of the research gaps in this area of research including: (a) the development of a novel treatment approach to improve functioning and well-being of affected individuals; (b) tertiary prevention (of repeated IPA) during re-integration; and (c) examination of the efficacy of a program providing support for the families and caregivers of veterans with combat history.
Interventional
Not Provided
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Domestic Violence
Behavioral: PTSD-Focused CBT for Partner Violence
PTSD-Focused CBT (PFCBT) will consist of 12 2-hour weekly sessions,led by two project therapists. In each session, group members will discuss materials and do assignments to practice skills.
Other Names:
  • Strength at Home
  • Veterans Program
  • Experimental: Group
    PTSD-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Partner Violence
    Intervention: Behavioral: PTSD-Focused CBT for Partner Violence
  • No Intervention: Waitlist
    Control group
Not Provided

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
120
September 2012
September 2012   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any era veteran
  • Over the age of 18
  • In a relationship within a female partner within the last 6 months
  • At least one act of male-to-female physical aggression over the previous 6 months or at least one act of male-to-female severe violence in the past 12 months
  • Male participant must consent for partner contact

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant evidences severe organicity or active psychosis
  • Reading difficulties prevent valid completion of the assessment instruments
  • Participant expresses prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation
  • Participant meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol and/or drug dependence, if not in early full remission or sustained partial remission
Both
18 Years to 80 Years
Yes
Contact: Alexandra Macdonald, PhD 857-364-6197 Alexandra.Macdonald@va.gov
United States
 
NCT01435512
PT073945
Yes
Casey Taft, Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.
Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.
Department of Defense
Principal Investigator: Casey T. Taft, PhD VA Boston Healthcare System
Principal Investigator: Tracie Shea, PhD Providence VA Medical Center
Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.
September 2011

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