Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Trial of a Qigong Intervention Program on Telomerase Activity and Psychological Stress in Abused Chinese Women
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a qigong intervention program on telomerase activity in Chinese women with a history of intimate partner violence.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* couples must have been in a committed relationship for at least six months
* veterans and their partners must be over the age of 18
* male members of the couple report no occurrence of physical aggression during the last six months in their current relationship on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus et al, 1996)
* female members of the couple may report that they have engaged in low level aggression during the past six months in their current relationship on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus et al., 1996)
* one partner of the couple averages at or below a score of 29 on the 6-item Quality of Marriage Index (QMI; Norton, 1983) or a 100 or below on the Dyadic Adjustment Score (DAS; Spanier, 1976), which are cutoff scores often used to distinguish distressed and non-distressed couples (e.g., Slep, Heyman, Williams, Van Dyke, \& O'Leary, 2006), or one member of the couple endorses veteran-perpetrated psychological aggression (defined as scoring above the 75%ile on the CTS2 minor psychological aggression subscale, or any endorsement of items on the severe psychological aggression subscale on the CTS2 or the Dominance/Intimidation scale of the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse, MMEA; Murphy \& Hoover, 1999;)
* both members of the couple provide research consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* reading difficulties prevent valid completion of the assessment instruments
* the participant evidences severe organicity or active psychosis
* the participant expresses prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation
* the participant meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol and/or drug dependence, if not in early full remission or sustained partial remission
* female members of the couple report their violence includes the use of weapons during the past six months in their current relationship on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus et al., 1996)
* violence perpetrated by female members of the couple produces injuries in men
* male members of the couple indicate they are fearful of the female partner
* male members of the couple report they are physically violent in any way during the past six months or severely violent in the past 12 months of their current relationship on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus et al., 1996)
* male members of the couple have had any bruising or injuries inflicted by the female partner during the past six months in their current relationship. Criteria b through d will be assessed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al., 1998) and clinical interview
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or postpartum women (up to 6 months after delivery)
* Age 18 or older
* Seeking mental health treatment at The Center for Women's Behavioral Health (WBH) at Women and Infants Hospital (WIH)
* Endorsed any IPV during the past 12 months as measured by the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to provide informed consent (e.g., due to psychosis, intoxication, or other clear cognitive impairment)
* Inability to understand English (understand the consent form when read aloud and assessments that are narrated by computer)
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older,
* willing to undertake the qigong intervention program,
* available for all testing points,
* receptive to random allocation, and
* assessed to be abused by an intimate partner in the preceding year or longer, based on the Chinese Abuse Assessment Screen.

Exclusion Criteria:

* had participated in qigong training or other mind body intervention within the previous 6 months, or
* have serious medical conditions that might limit their participation in qigong exercise (based on our previous experience, such conditions include cancer, severe obesity, narcolepsy, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia), or
* have psychiatric disorders, or
* use medication or other psychological intervention for stress, or
* are abused by someone who is not their intimate partner.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* She is 18 or older.
* She is currently supervised by a criminal justice entity, such as a community court or probation.
* She reports engaging in unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner in the past 90 days
* She reports any illicit drug use or binge drinking in the past 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:In addition, potential participants will be ineligible if any of the following criteria are met:

* Ability to speak and understand English is not sufficient to participate in assessments or intervention sessions.
* The woman's sexual activity is limited to a monogamous relationship lasting more than 12 months, and she has not engaged in any of the additional HIV risk behaviors in the past 90 days:

  * Having sex with more than one partner
  * Having sex with a partner known or suspected to be HIV positive or an injection drug user (IDU)
  * Sharing injection drug use needles or equipment
* The woman is actively trying to get pregnant/have a baby.
* Inability to complete informed consent process due to a psychiatric or cognitive impairment.
* The participant was born male.

Answer: C