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ETfacts: A trauma-informed community approach to encounter the cycles of violence

Phase 1
Conditions
Social and clinical factors accelerating the cycles of violence: trauma-related disorders, aggression, acknowledgement and stimatization of survivors. Attitudes towards survivors, avoidance of trauma-specific facts at individual and societal levels.
Registration Number
DRKS00015745
Lead Sponsor
niversität Konstanz
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1065
Inclusion Criteria

Geographically close to Goma (reachable within hours), about 500 community members

Exclusion Criteria

Logistically inaccessible, active fighting

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Social: Reduction of violence during the last 3 months assessment at baseline and 3 and 6 months later and if possible after 5 years (Threats to Human Life Scale, THL, Köbach et al., unpublished).<br>Clinical. Number of individuals seeking NET (accumulated cases until baseline, after the intervention and 3 and 6 months later as well as 5 years later if possible).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
General disapproval: subscale of the Social Acknowledgement Questionnaire (SAQ, Märker & Müller, 2004). Attitudes Towards Survivors Scale (ATSS; Ferdowsian et al., 2016). Acceptance of rape myths: short version of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (IRMAS; Paynes et al., 1999). Readiness to rehabilitate bonds to former combatants: adapted Social Reconstruction Scale (SoRS-21; Ajidokovic et al., 2011). Mental health: severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSD Symptom Scale Interview – 5; Foa & Capaldi, 2013), shame (Shame Variability Questionnaire, SVQ; Brown et al., unpublished), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ; Krönke et al., 2003), and appetitive aggression in former combatants (Appetitive Aggression Scale, AAS; Weierstall & Elbert, 2011). Assessment at baseline, post intervention and 3 and 6 months follow up, if possible after 5 years.
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