‘Therapy for children and parents after domestic violence’

‘The effects of parental components in a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral based therapy for children exposed to interparental violence’

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20440

Enrollment

100

Registered

2013-06-04

Start date

2012-06-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Children exposed to interparental violence, Posttraumatic stress disorder

Interventions

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) based intervention for children exposed to interparental violence, in the Netherlands registered as ‘HORIZON methodiek voor kinderen die ruzie en g

2) Preparatory Program for Parents (6 sessions prior to TF-CBT based group intervention)

3) Parent-Child Interaction Sessions (at the end of the 15 weekly TF-CBT based parallel parent and child groupsessions, both groups conjoint in parent-child interaction). Four conditions: Condition

Preparatory Program Parents + TF-CBT based intervention + Parent-Child interaction sessions (=HORIZON)

Condition 2

Preparatory Program Parents + TF-CBT based intervention

Condition 3

TF-CBT based intervention + Parent-Child interaction sessions

Condition 4: TF-CBT based intervention.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) The child has been exposed to some form of interparental violence (or violence between a parent and a cohabitant); 2) The child is no longer exposed to IPV (or violence between a parent and a cohabitant); 3) The child is between the age of 4 and 12; 4) Both custodial parents gave written informed consent; 5) The child is referred to Horizon group therapy: o the child has trauma symptoms or behavioral problems; o the child’s behavior is no danger to other children; o the child can control his or her (sexual) impulses; o at least one custodial parent is able to participate in group or individual therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) The child and /or parent has an intellectual disability (estimated IQ of 70 or below); 2) One of the custodial parents does not give permission to participate in the study; 3) The child has serious behavioral problems that prevent him or her to function in a group setting; 4) The child and/or parent do not speak sufficient Dutch.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Indicators of child symptoms & child adjustment.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Indicators of child emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological responses, parental availability, & parent-child interaction.	—

Contacts

Public ContactC. Finkenauer

VU University, Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies Van der Boechorststraat 1, room 3B-13

c.finkenauer@vu.nl+31 20 59 88857

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)