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- Clinical Trial NCT00187772
Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Preschooler Witnesses of Domestic Violence Program
Preschooler Witnesses of Domestic Violence: A Preventive Intervention Program
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This study examines the efficacy of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) for the treatment of preschoolers exposed to marital violence. Multi-ethnic preschool-mother dyads from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds were randomly assigned to CPP or to a case management plus community referral for individual treatment comparison group. It was hypothesized the children who received CPP treatment would show significantly greater improvement in general symptomatology and in traumatic stress symptoms than those in the comparison group.
There is growing recognition that, contrary to the long-standing assumption that young children are impervious to environmental stresses, preschoolers exposed to violence show increased rates of disturbances in self-regulation and in emotional, social and cognitive functioning (Osofsky, 2004; Pynoos et al., 1999; van der Kolk, 2003). The present study examines the efficacy of a relationship-based treatment approach involving the child and the mother. Dyads were randomly assigned to either the Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) treatment group or to a comparison group that consisted of monthly case management by an experienced Ph.D.-level clinician plus referrals for individual treatment in the community for mothers and child. We hypothesized that Child-Parent Psychotherapy would be more effective in alleviating children's traumatic stress symptoms and behavior problems because it focuses on improving the quality of the child-mother relationship and engages the mother as the child's ally in coping with the trauma. Treatment was offered for 50 weeks.
Study Type
Enrollment
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
- Child Trauma Research Project
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- child 3-5 years old
- child exposed to marital violence as confirmed by mother's report on the Conflict Tactics Scale 2 (Straus et al., 1996)
- perpetrator was not living in the home.
Exclusion Criteria:
- mother's documented abuse of the target child
- current maternal substance abuse
- homelessness
- maternal mental retardation
- maternal psychosis
- child mental retardation or autistic-spectrum disorder
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
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Child symptomatology (CBCL)
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Traumatic stress symptomatology (DC 0-3 Traumatic Stress Disorder)
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Parent-Child Relationship at posttreatment and 6 month follow-up.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Maternal symptomatology (Symptom Checklist Revised and Clinician Administered PTSD Scale)
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Child cognitive functioning (WPPSI-R)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
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Other Study ID Numbers
- R21MH059661 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
- IRB #HR 793-12912-06
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