Evaluating The Women’s EmotionS, Trauma, and EmpowErMent (W-ES.T.EEM) protocol: a psychological support for victims of domestic violence

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Intimate partner violence; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12880309
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Padua

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36008062/ (added 26/08/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 5 September 2022
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

1. Older than 18 years old
2. Victims of IPV since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Able to speak and understand Italian
4. Female
5. Had their first contact with anti-violence centers within 2 weeks before recruitment

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to understand/take part in the psychoeducation intervention due to hearing, visual, cognitive, or neurological difficulties

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Each of the following will be measured at baseline, at the end of treatment, at 3-months follow-up, at 6-month follow-up, and at 1-year follow-up:<br> 1. Emotion regulation measured using the Difficulties Emotion Regulation Scale – SF (DERS-SF)<br> 2. Well-being measured using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measures (CORE-OM)<br> 3. The intensity of affects measured using the Intimate Violence and Traumatic Affect Scale (VITA)<br> 4. Traumatic impact of the event measured using the Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES - R)<br> 5. Self-esteem measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)<br> 6. Self-efficacy measured using the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Each of the following will be measured at baseline, at the end of treatment, at 3-months follow-up, at 6-month follow-up, and at 1-year follow-up:<br> 1. The participants’ experience of violence measured using the Conflict Tactic Scale – 2 (CTS-2)<br> 2. Violence at the time of COVID-19 measured using a self-report questionnaire built ad hoc<br> 3. Alexithymia measured using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale – 20 (TAS-20)<br>