Het gaat niet om een aandoening, maar om het gebruik van geweld, waarbij wel sprake kan zijn van comorbide stoornissen, die echter geen focus zijn van het onderzoek. Intimate partner violence
Conditions
Interventions
TAU consists of the CBT-based safety for partners treatment module, developed
by De Waag, which focuses on motivation, psycho-education and self-control.
Five out of eight weeks are aimed at self-co
Sponsors
De Waag
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Recent perpetration of IPV (in the year prior to referral); - Age: 18 or above. - Subject is in possession of a smartphone running iOS 11.2.5 or higher, or Android 6.0 or higher; - Sex: Male; - The relationship in which violence occurred is still on-going. Partners do not necessarily need to be living together, but will need to be visiting each other at least three times a week to be included. Because of the short duration of the study, we want to be sure that there is enough time for the intervention to be practised. Therapist will monitor whether the relationship goes on during the study; - Lack of self-control, as assessed during the intake procedure, is a risk factor that is targeted in treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Treatment is mandatory / referral by a probation officer; Sensitivity to crisis, liability to act out dangerously towards oneself or others, requiring immediate intervention, e.g. suicidality, serious self-harm, psychosis; - Substance abuse of a severity that requires clinical treatment or which therapists deem to need treatment before any other interventions take place; - Referral is part of conditions imposed by a judge or a probation officer. - Aggressive behavior occurring only outside of an intimate relationship;, Additional exclusion criteria for participation in this study: - Stalking behaviour as primary reason as referral for treatment; - A restraining order issued by the mayor during the intervention period (this prevents contact between partners); - Any reason that leads to a subject not willing or not being able to wear a chest strap, i.e. medical reasons, psychological conditions such as panic disorder, or any reason of relevance to the subject; - Having or entering a new relationship where IPV does not occur.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameter is the combined amount of reduction in the occurence of physical and psychological violence as measured with the equally named subscales of the Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS-2). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary measures are the Anger Bodily Sensations Questionnaire (ASBQ) and HRV-values pre- and posttreatment. We will also analyze the effect of motivation on treatment outcome. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed