None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study looked at the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes associated with a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills group for men focused on reducing problems related to anger. It was expected that the men would find the group acceptable and would report improvements in functioning over their time in group.
Interventions
Six months of weekly 2-hour group sessions of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills training. The first hour of each group session involved mindfulness practice and review of homework assigned the week before. The second hour involved skills instruction, practice, homework assignment, and a closing mindfulness task. Group sessions included up to 10 participants at a time, and two group facilitators. The lead facilitator was a clinical psychologist and the co-facilitators were a registere
Six months of weekly 2-hour group sessions of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills training. The first hour of each group session involved mindfulness practice and review of homework assigned the week before. The second hour involved skills instruction, practice, homework assignment, and a closing mindfulness task. Group sessions included up to 10 participants at a time, and two group facilitators. The lead facilitator was a clinical psychologist and the co-facilitators were a registered psychologist and a clinical psychology trainee. No measure of treatment fidelity was used. Session attendance was tracked as an outcome.
Sponsors
Emily Cooney
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Male gender, proficiency in spoken English, self-reported problems with anger and emotion dysregulation.
Exclusion criteria
Touching assessor in a threatening way during assessment screening. Florid psychosis or intellectual impairment that stops individual from providing informed consent.
Outcome results
None listed