Partner, Posttraumatic Stress Symptom, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Trauma
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to gain insight into the experiences of partners to participants in the "Take Your Sexuality Back" intervention groups, evaluate the intervention's acceptability, and identify necessary modifications. This study is part of a larger project that seeks to establish a scientific basis for this innovative, group-based treatment to help women who have experienced sexual trauma heal their sexuality. Before implementing the intervention in the healthcare system and initiating a larger randomized controlled trial, the investigators will evaluate the intervention's feasibility and potential efficacy, as well as gain a more comprehensive understanding of treatment outcomes. In addition to collecting quantitative data, it is crucial to gather qualitative data on participants' and participants partners´ experiences. In this study, data will be obtained through in-depth interviews with partners´ to group participants after they complete the intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL"Take your sexuality back"
The intervention is trauma-sensitive and focus both on traumatized sexuality and positive sexuality. It incorporates regulatory skills to prevent re-traumatization when addressing sex-positive themes, thus accommodating a wide range of trauma-related symptoms, sexual shame, sexual dysfunctions, and regulation difficulties. The intervention integrates psychoeducation, exercises, reflections and sharing. The intervention include partners to participants in two of the sessions.
Sponsors
Sykehuset Telemark
University of Agder
NTNU Health (sponsor)
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being partner of a participant in the intervention group.
Exclusion criteria
* Living in an abusive relationship with the participant in the intervention group
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| What are the partners' experiences of participating in the intervention and of being witness to and taking part in their partners (participants) process during the intervention? | 1-2 weeks after participants have completed the intervention. | In-depth interviews investigating partners´ experiences and perspectives of the intervention groups, with the aim of identifying areas for potential improvement in the intervention and specifically how partners can best be involved in the rehabilitation process. Interviews will be analyzed through a descriptive phenomenological method. |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTORHege Kersten, PhD
Sykehuset Telemark
Outcome results
None listed