Psychologists' Lived Experience of Client Violence

May 10, 2016 updated by: Fardin Jussab, University of East London

Counselling and Clinical Psychologists Lived Experience of Client Violence

The objective of the proposed research is to gain a detailed understanding and account of psychologists' experience of client violence in clinical practice. The emphasis is upon a detailed understanding of how psychologists perceive and understand their experience of client violence and its impact upon their identity as clinicians and as individuals.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This research is interested in Counselling and Clinical Psychologists who have experienced client violence at their work place. The main research question being asked is how do psychologists' understand their personal experiences of client violence. This is an important and interesting subject for Counselling and Clinical Psychologists as it provides a detailed personal account of the implications of violence upon their personal and professional identity, psychological well being and how they define violence. Furthermore, this research may help facilitate in designing a specific policy and help future research to issue guidelines for counselling and clinical psychologists in order to keep themselves safe within their professional practice. Psychologists working for the National Health Service will be recruited and provided with information regarding the research aims and objectives. There will be interviews held at their place of work for approximately one hour.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

10

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

24 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Psychologist's who have experienced client violence

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: providing information sheet
providing participants with information regarding the purpose of the research
Other: Information Sheet
Providing the Participant with information regarding the aim of the experiment
Other: Seeking consent
Other: Consent
Providing a consent form for participants. The participant is aware of his or her rights
Other: Interview Participant
Other: interview
participants will interviewed by fardin jussab for approximately one hour regarding their experience of client violence
Other: Debrief
The Participants will be debriefed after the interview.
Other: Debrief
at the end of each interview the researcher will ask participants whether the emotions aroused in the interview require further discussions. Interviewees will be also advised that should they wish to talk further about any topics covered the in the interview, they could telephone the researcher at a later time. There will also be leaflets of supporting agencies.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
experience of violence
Time Frame: one hour
participant's discuss their experince of client violence in the work place
one hour

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of East London

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Helen Murphy, BA, MSc, DPhil, University of East London

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 10, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 10, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

August 11, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 11, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 10, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UEL1

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