Fatherhood Focused Family Violence Education Program

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Fatherhood Focused Family Violence Education Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03883932
• Other study ID #: 2000022823
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: February 11, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of a novel intervention approach for fathers arrested for an initial episode of intimate partner violence (IPV) by systematically developing an alternate version of a standard, statewide, court-mandated Family Violence Education Program (FVEP) to focus specifically on the importance of fathering within a cognitive-behavioral intervention to be called Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3).

Description:

This study will aim to modify the treatment as usual FVEP framework to be father focused. Materials will be developed to accommodate the change in scope of program focus for the purposes of training and supervising group leaders. An evaluation of the fidelity to the original FVEP model will be assessed through the review of service delivery. In addition, the acceptability of Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3) will be compared to the treatment as usual, FVEP as it is presently implemented. To do this, fathers who participate in FVEP will be compared to men who participate in F3 around the constructs: group cohesion, motivation to change, satisfaction with the program and rates of successful completion. Tertiary outcomes will include the assessment of: aggression toward intimate partners and hostile-aggressive parenting behaviors as reported on assessment measures and subsequent arrest records.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: February 11, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fathers referred to the FVEP program as a pretrial diversion following their first arrest for an incident of IPV with a female partner.
• Fathers must have at least one biological child under the age of 18.
• Fathers must have at least monthly contact with one of their biological children.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fathers will be excluded if they are arrested for violence perpetrated against someone other than a current or former female partner.
• Fathers will be excluded if there is evidence of psychotic of suicidal symptoms on the Brief Symptom Inventory.
• Fathers will be excluded if they unable to complete questionnaires and group intervention in English.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3)
F3 is designed to focus specifically on the importance of fathering within a cognitive-behavioral intervention.
• Family Violence Education Program (FVEP)
FVEP is a court-mandated program intended to treat those arrested for intimate partner violence (IPV).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Yale University Child Study Center	New Haven	Connecticut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Recidivism Incidence	Recidivism will be determined through the review of state arrest records for additional IPV arrests.	12 Months
Secondary	Group Cohesion	Group cohesion will be assessed using Group Attitude Scale. Group Attitude scale is a self report instrument that consists of 20 items. The range of scores is from 20 to 180, where a higher score indicates WORSE cohesion.	3, 6 and 9 weeks
Secondary	Motivation to Change	Motivation to Change will be assessed using University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA). URICIA is a self report instrument that consists of 32 items. The range of scores is from 32 to 160, where a higher score indicates GREATER motivation to change.	3, 6 and 9 weeks
Secondary	Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)	IPV perpetration will be assessed using the Abusive Behavior Inventory (ABI). The ABI is a 30 item inventory that uses a 5 point Likert scale for each response. The greater the score, the greater the severity.	Baseline and 9 Weeks
Secondary	Substance Abuse	Substance abuse will be assessed using the Short-Michigan Alcohol Screening Test and the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10. This 10 item inventory characterizes behavior associated with alcoholism, the higher the score, the greater the severity of alcoholism in a respondent.	Baseline and 9 Weeks
Secondary	Parenting Behaviors	Parenting behaviors will be assessed with Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire which includes 24 items on a 4 point likert scale. Higher scores mean greater negative parenting behaviors.	Baseline and 9 Weeks
Secondary	Co-Parenting Behaviors	Co-parenting behaviors will be assessed using the Coparenting Relationship Scale.	Baseline and 9 Weeks
Secondary	Perspective Taking	The Perspective Taking Questionnaire is a 7 item questionnaire measured on a 5 point likert scale. Higher scores mean better perspective taking	Baseline and 9 weeks