Women Overcoming and Managing Adversity Now (WOMAN) Study

NCT01324765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2011-03-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a two therapeutic models designed to enhance women's skills for managing reactive emotions in their current lives as well as to educate them about how using these skills can enhance their personal effectiveness and help them to gain control of post-traumatic stress reactions. The interventions adaptations of a manualized psychotherapy that has shown promise with adults with complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy; TARGET) compared to a supportive group therapy (SGT) that has been found to have modest benefits with women survivors of childhood abuse (Wallis, 2002).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TARGET

12-session group therapy twice weekly 6 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

SGT

12 sessions supportive group therapy twice weekly 6 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julian D Ford, Ph.D. · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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