Clinical trial NCT05331352: Attachment Style and Mentalization Impact Among Women Victims of Domestic Violence
Official title: Attachment Style and Mentalization Impact Among Women Victims of Domestic Violence
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Violence, Domestic
Keywords: Domestic violence
Attachment
Mentalization
Victimization
Psychic elaboration of the trauma
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Franche-Comté
First posted: 2022-04-15
Enrollment: 30
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: First group : women following a psychotherapy Second group : women unfollowing a psychotherapy
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Attachment and mentalization with a population of domestic violence victims Domestic violence is one of the most common forms of domestic violence. Multiform and complex, it affects all backgrounds and all ages. According to a survey instituted by the government of Emmanuel Macron, 219,000 women were recognized as victims of domestic violence in 2017. This phenomenon is not without questioning the scientific scene. Also, this study focus on the quality of the attachment because if this bond is insecure, it can constitute a point of vulnerability in self-construction and impact on future relational modalities.

Detailed description: The security of the bond of attachment depends on the capacity of the maternal figure, or her substitute, to understand and respond in an adapted and consistent manner to her baby. In addition, it has also been established that when disruptions occur in the security of attachment bond, the quality of mentalization is impacted. But, mentalization is the quality and quantity of psychic representations available to allow someone understanding and thinking about his links to others and to himself. This is an essential asset in the release of situations of violence and in overcoming trauma because it participates in psychic development. That's why this research focuses on early relationships and the quality of mentalization with a cohort of thirty women victims of domestic violence, consultant within the Legal Medicine department of the CHU of Besançon. This research focuses on two groups of subjects: women who managed to get out of violent relationship (15 subjects) and others who did not (15 subjects). The research methodology includes several tools: two projective tests (Rorschach and TAT), ten self-questionnaires (which assess attachment, stress, social support, relational quality with the main attachment figures, the image of the Self-body, quality of mentalization), a clinical research interview and presentation of the AAI. The observation of this population will highlight the impact of the early environment in the psychic construction of the subject and the victim's destiny. Moreover, this study will look at the role of psychotherapeutic follow-up in the quality of mentalization.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women over 20 years old, victims of domestic violence
* With european culture
* Separated from their abusive partner
* Consulting the Legal Medicine Department in Besançon University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: Security of the current attachment
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Security of the early attachment
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Mentalization
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Quality of early relationship
timeFrame: Month 12
Secondary outcomes:
measure: PTSD
timeFrame: Month 12
Other outcomes:
measure: The social support
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: The self-satisfaction
timeFrame: Month 12
Locations:
city: Besançon
country: France
facility: CHU Besançon
state: Bourgogne Franche-Comté
Study officials:
affiliation: Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
name: Houari Maïdi, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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