The Efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy among Adolescent Female Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Comparative Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Trauma Symptom Severity, Psychological Distress, Global Level of Functioning
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of the research is to study the efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy on trauma symptomatology, psychological distress, post-traumatic growth, resilience, psychological well-being, and global functioning among adolescent female survivors of human trafficking. Narrative Exposure Therapy for traumatized children and adolescents (KIDNET) is a treatment for survivors who continue to suffer from past experiences of traumatic stressors and is specifically designed for those who have been exposed to complex and multiple traumata, after having survived severe and repeated physical and social threats to life and integrity. Adolescent female survivors of human trafficking between the age group of 13 to less than 18 years who have been rescued from trafficking shall be contacted through the Child Welfare Centre under the Department of Women, Child Development & Social Security, Govt. of Jharkhand after seeking necessary permissions. Informed consent and assent shall be provided to the shelters and the individuals. 30 (20 + 10) individuals who fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria shall be given Narrative Exposure Therapy. 20 individuals shall be given the therapy immediately upon recruitment while 10 individuals shall be taken as a waitlisted control group and will be given treatment after a waiting period of 5 weeks. Inclusion criteria will include Individuals in the age group of 13 to less than years old, female gender, Individuals who have been rescued from human trafficking and are residing in the rescue shelters. Individuals who meet the criteria of screening, those with a history of trauma, those who score above cutoff on Psychological Distress, those with no history of having received any past intervention of psychotherapeutic treatment, except a basic intake counselling session, those abstinent from substances and those who can comprehend Hindi and/or English language. The primary purpose of the research is to assess the presence of trauma symptomatology among adolescent female survivors of human trafficking receiving narrative exposure therapy. The research shall also assess the changes in trauma symptomatology, psychological distress, post-traumatic growth, resilience, psychological well-being and global level of functioning at pre-intervention, mid-intervention, and immediate post-intervention assessment measures among adolescent female survivors of human trafficking receiving narrative exposure therapy. The methodology follows null hypothesis for all the variables under study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Computer generated randomization
- 盲法
- Not Applicable
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13.00 Year(s) 至 18.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- Female
入选标准
- •Female adolescents in the age group of 13 to less than 18 years old.
- •Adolescent survivors who have been rescued from human trafficking and are presently residing in observation/shelter homes.
- •Adolescent survivors who meet the criteria of screening on the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool.
- •Adolescent survivors with a score ¬>22 on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.
- •Adolescent survivors who respond positively to at least 1 traumatic event as per the Life Events Checklist.
- •Adolescent survivors who score between 11 to 50 on the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS).
- •Consent from a guardian/caseworker/agency staff and assent for the study from the adolescent survivor.
- •Adolescent survivors who can comprehend Hindi and/or English language.
排除标准
- •Adolescent survivors with active substance dependence and severe mental illness as per M.I.N.I KID Screen, except trauma related disorders.
- •History of past psychiatric disorder previous to trafficking or those with a history of chronic or other significant general medical/neurological/organic illness.
- •Adolescent survivors who have intellectual disability or deficits (IQ percentile < 25) on Standard Progressive Matrices.
- •Adolescent survivors with a history of having received any past intervention of psychotherapeutic treatment, except a basic intake counselling session.
结局指标
主要结局
Trauma Symptom Severity, Psychological Distress, Global Level of Functioning
时间窗: pre-test (at baseline), mid-phase test (3rd week), and post-test (6th week)
次要结局
- Post Traumatic Growth, Resilience, Psychological Well Being(pre-test (at baseline), mid-phase test (at 3rd week), and post-test (at 6th week))