Evaluating the Clinical Utility and Client Acceptability of Video Intervention

Summary

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common occurrence in the U.S. Victims of IPV are at an elevated risk of experiencing a variety of physical and mental health consequences, which frequently co-occur and act synergistically, placing victims at a higher risk for revictimization. Experts recommend that interventions for victims of IPV focus on helping victims attain more balanced emotions and behaviors, rather than treating specific nosologies. One transdiagnostic treatment, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), focused on helping individuals gain more balanced emotions and behaviors, has shown success in treating victims of IPV. However, the DBT for IPV treatment protocol is not without it's limitations. Specifically, clients may need additional exposure to the skills and concepts taught in the treatment. Yet, additional exposure to the skills facilitated though a therapist is difficult to do given the limited budgets for services for victims of IPV and the client provider gap. In order to address the client provider gap, increase exposure to the skills, and to increase skills acquisition and generalization, video intervention adjuncts (VIAs) have been developed to serve as treatment adjuncts for the DBT for IPV skills group.

The objective of the current study is to conduct a randomized control trial examining the treatment utility and participant acceptability of the two-day DBT for IPV skills group plus the VIAs versus treatment as usual (the two-day DBT for IPV skills group without the VIAs). The following hypotheses will be examined: 1) those in the experimental VIA condition will experience treatment gains above and beyond those in the control (treatment as usual) condition; 2) those in the experimental VIA condition will view the VIAs as acceptable; and 3) those in the experimental VIA condition will report a greater frequency of using the skills than those in the control condition.

Conditions

• Domestic Violence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

two day skills group plus treatment adjuncts

The modified dialectical behavior therapy protocol for victims of intimate partner violence dedicates additional time to address validation of self and others in order to mitigate the impact of punishing social relations, and increase the victims' access to positive reinforcement (Iverson et al., 2009). The modified protocol covers the same four major modules as the original DBT protocol in an abbreviated manner. Participants in this group will be provided with the treatment adjuncts.

BEHAVIORAL

two day skills group control group

The modified dialectical behavior therapy protocol for victims of intimate partner violence dedicates additional time to address validation of self and others in order to mitigate the impact of punishing social relations, and increase the victims' access to positive reinforcement (Iverson et al., 2009). The modified protocol covers the same four major modules as the original DBT protocol in an abbreviated manner. Participants in this group will not be provided with the treatment adjuncts and will serve as the control group

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rory Newlands

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lorraine T Benuto, Ph.D. · University of Nevada, Reno

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-07-26

Primary Completion

2019-06-22

Completion

2019-07-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations