Clinical trial NCT01653860: Partner Violence and Anger Management
Official title: Partner Violence and Anger Management: a Randomised Controlled Study of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Domestic Violence
Spouse Abuse
Keywords: Behavior therapy
Group therapy
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: St. Olavs Hospital
name: Karolinska Institutet
First posted: 2012-07-31
Enrollment: 185
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the Brøset anger management model in reducing violent behavior amongst clients who are violent in intimate partnerships and who voluntarily seek help.

Violence in intimate partnerships constitutes a serious problem worldwide and there is reason to believe that cognitive behavior therapy has some effect on the reduction of violent behavior. However, there are currently too few randomized controlled studies to conclude about the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for this client group.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* fluent in Norwegian language
* is in a partner relationship at inclusion. Partner relationship is defined by having an intimate partner at present, or being in regular contact with a former intimate partner so that violence is possible (e.g. they have children)
* admits being violent to his partner (physical, mental and/or sexual)

Exclusion Criteria:

* psychosis
* alcohol- or drug addiction to a level that hinders group participation free from intoxication.

Primary outcomes:
measure: violent behaviour, reported by partner and client
timeFrame: 3 months between assessments, 1 year duration, i.e. baseline and 4 follow-up assessments. In accordance with the original Norwegian protocol.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The client's and their partner's mental health
timeFrame: 3 months between assessments, 1 year duration, i.e. baseline and 4 follow-up assessments. In accordance with the original Norwegian protocol.
measure: The client's and their partner's health service use and absence due to sickness
timeFrame: 3 months between assessments, 1 year duration, i.e. baseline and 4 follow-up assessments. In accordance with the original Norwegian protocol.
measure: Changes in emotional dysregulation
timeFrame: 3 months between assessments, 1 year duration, i.e. baseline and 4 follow-up assessments. In accordance with the original Norwegian protocol.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
facility: St Olavs University Hospital, Division of Psychiatry, Centre for research and education in forensic psychiatry Brøset
Study officials:
affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
name: Tom Palmstierna, MD PhD prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Nesset MB, Lara-Cabrera ML, Bjorngaard JH, Whittington R, Palmstierna T. Cognitive behavioural group therapy versus mindfulness-based stress reduction group therapy for intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 19;20(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02582-4.
citation: Nesset MB, Bjorngaard JH, Whittington R, Palmstierna T. Does cognitive behavioural therapy or mindfulness-based therapy improve mental health and emotion regulation among men who perpetrate intimate partner violence? A randomised controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2021 Jan;113:103795. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103795. Epub 2020 Oct 14.