Fatherhood Focused Family Violence Education Program

April 21, 2021 updated by: Yale University
The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of a novel intervention approach for fathers arrested for an initial episode of intimate partner violence (IPV) by systematically developing an alternate version of a standard, statewide, court-mandated Family Violence Education Program (FVEP) to focus specifically on the importance of fathering within a cognitive-behavioral intervention to be called Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will aim to modify the treatment as usual FVEP framework to be father focused. Materials will be developed to accommodate the change in scope of program focus for the purposes of training and supervising group leaders. An evaluation of the fidelity to the original FVEP model will be assessed through the review of service delivery.

In addition, the acceptability of Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3) will be compared to the treatment as usual, FVEP as it is presently implemented. To do this, fathers who participate in FVEP will be compared to men who participate in F3 around the constructs: group cohesion, motivation to change, satisfaction with the program and rates of successful completion. Tertiary outcomes will include the assessment of: aggression toward intimate partners and hostile-aggressive parenting behaviors as reported on assessment measures and subsequent arrest records.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

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

  • United States
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
        • Yale University Child Study Center

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Fathers referred to the FVEP program as a pretrial diversion following their first arrest for an incident of IPV with a female partner.
  • Fathers must have at least one biological child under the age of 18.
  • Fathers must have at least monthly contact with one of their biological children.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Fathers will be excluded if they are arrested for violence perpetrated against someone other than a current or former female partner.
  • Fathers will be excluded if there is evidence of psychotic of suicidal symptoms on the Brief Symptom Inventory.
  • Fathers will be excluded if they unable to complete questionnaires and group intervention in English.

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: F3 Program
The F3 group will focus on the fatherhood role each session. The topic of children and parenting will be applied to each of the standard FVEP topics.
Behavioral: Fatherhood Focused FVEP (F3)
F3 is designed to focus specifically on the importance of fathering within a cognitive-behavioral intervention.
Active Comparator: FVEP Program
A retrospective control group who received the standard FVEP will be included in this arm.
Behavioral: Family Violence Education Program (FVEP)
FVEP is a court-mandated program intended to treat those arrested for intimate partner violence (IPV).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recidivism Incidence
Time Frame: 12 Months
Recidivism will be determined through the review of state arrest records for additional IPV arrests.
12 Months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Group Cohesion
Time Frame: 3, 6 and 9 weeks
Group cohesion will be assessed using Group Attitude Scale. Group Attitude scale is a self report instrument that consists of 20 items. The range of scores is from 20 to 180, where a higher score indicates WORSE cohesion.
3, 6 and 9 weeks
Motivation to Change
Time Frame: 3, 6 and 9 weeks
Motivation to Change will be assessed using University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA). URICIA is a self report instrument that consists of 32 items. The range of scores is from 32 to 160, where a higher score indicates GREATER motivation to change.
3, 6 and 9 weeks
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks
IPV perpetration will be assessed using the Abusive Behavior Inventory (ABI). The ABI is a 30 item inventory that uses a 5 point Likert scale for each response. The greater the score, the greater the severity.
Baseline and 9 Weeks
Substance Abuse
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks
Substance abuse will be assessed using the Short-Michigan Alcohol Screening Test and the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10. This 10 item inventory characterizes behavior associated with alcoholism, the higher the score, the greater the severity of alcoholism in a respondent.
Baseline and 9 Weeks
Parenting Behaviors
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks
Parenting behaviors will be assessed with Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire which includes 24 items on a 4 point likert scale. Higher scores mean greater negative parenting behaviors.
Baseline and 9 Weeks
Co-Parenting Behaviors
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks
Co-parenting behaviors will be assessed using the Coparenting Relationship Scale.
Baseline and 9 Weeks
Perspective Taking
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks
The Perspective Taking Questionnaire is a 7 item questionnaire measured on a 5 point likert scale. Higher scores mean better perspective taking
Baseline and 9 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Yale University

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 (Actual)

September 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

February 11, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 18, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

March 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 22, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 21, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2000022823

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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