Violence Prevention for Adolescent Girls With Prior Maltreatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD, Depression, Aggression, Victimization

In brief

The purpose of the study is to adapt and test an evidence-based trauma treatment program for adolescent girls with histories of child maltreatment. The study adapts the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools) program for delivery within community-based settings for use with girls assessed and/or served by the child welfare system. The study utilizes a randomized clinical trial that evaluates the effectiveness of the adapted program entitled GAIN (Girls Aspiring toward Independence) compared with a usual care group. Primary outcomes of the intervention are mental health symptoms such as PTSD, depression, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Other outcomes include aggressive behaviors, revictimization, and aggression-related beliefs, self-efficacy, and behavioral intentions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02765048

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

312

Starts

2010-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-06

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Girls ages 12-18
• prior history of maltreatment that has been formally investigated and/or assessed by Children's Division
• Youth is interested in participation and provides assent through IRB approved assent forms
• The legal custodian, parent, and Family Support Team support the youth's participation and provide consent through IRB approved consent forms

You may not qualify if…

• Severe learning problems (i.e. can't read and/or write or cognitively impaired)
• actively suicidal or psychotic, as determined by standard protocol of the state
• behavior that would prohibit participation in a group setting or interview
• Qualitative--
• Caregiver and professional staff inclusion criteria are:
• Caregivers of GAIN participants (both experimental and usual care) and professional staff who referred and/or worked with GAIN participants
• Interested and willing to participate in a one-on-one interview
• Exclusion criteria for caregivers and professional staff are:
• Not interested in participating in one-on-one interviews.
• Therapist inclusion criteria are:
• Led the study's intervention groups with GAIN participants
• Interested and willing to participate in one-on-one interviews.
• Exclusion criteria for therapists are:
• Not interested in participating in one-on-one interviews.

Where it is running

• Comtrea — Arnold, Missouri, United States
• Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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