Domestic Violence
Conditions
Brief summary
The current study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of 6 weeks of physical exercise training versus group therapy on self-esteem as well as on the various subdomains of physical self-esteem among women who have experienced domestic violence within the last two months at the time of data collection
Detailed description
The present study design includes three arms (two intervention arms): Physical Exercise (Group A), Counseling/Support Group (Group B), and No Intervention (Control, Group C). Random allocation to each group was done in a 1:1:1 ratio at the end of an initial telephone interview by one of the authors. A permutated block design with a block size of three was used. For each participant in Groups A and B, the assigned intervention was started the week following the initial interview, and lasted 6 weeks.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCounseling/support group therapy
6 weeks of counseling group therapy; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with a psychologist and two former victims
BEHAVIORALPhysical Exercise
6 weeks of physical exercise training; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with an instructor
Sponsors
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Three independant groups including two intervention groups (Physical Exercise vs. Group Therapy) and one control group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* having experienced domestic violence at some time in the past 2 months
Exclusion criteria
* not being physically active on a regular basis (less than 20 min of moderate-vigorous physical activity per day during the last year) * absence of medical contraindication to exercise
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change score for each of the physical and global self esteem subscales from the Inventaire du Soi Physique (ISP-25). This instrument has 25 items each with a 6-point Likert response scale. Higher scores indicate greater self-esteem (physical or global) | baseline (pre-): the day before intervention implementation; post-study: the day following cessation of intervention, 6 weeks from baseline | magnitude of change in global and physical self-esteem from pre- to post-study. Minimum = -150; Maximum = +150 |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed