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2024-10-26 @ 3:42 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:42 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06630598
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-09-30
Brief Title:
Impacts of the VEGA Family Violence Education Resources for Psychology Trainees
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effects of the Violence Evidence Guidance and Action VEGA Family Violence Education Resources on Canadian Clinical Psychology Students Attitudes Knowledge and Behaviours
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-10
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
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None
Brief Summary:
The current research project aims to assess the effectiveness of the Violence Evidence Guidance and Action VEGA Family Violence Education Resources VEGA Project 2019 in improving the knowledge self-efficacy and clinical responses of clinical psychology doctoral students to family violence in clinical settings The VEGA on-line training is a collection of family violence online education resources designed to inform health and social service practitioners about family violence in a Canadian context including definitions of family violence mandatory reporting duties effective responding to survivors and more Participants in this trial will be doctoral students recruited from accredited Clinical Psychology programs across Canada Participants will be assigned to an intervention or wait-list control group and the outcome measures consist of knowledge and attitudes about family violence as well as measures of skills relevant to appropriately responding to survivors in clinical settings Further participants will be invited to complete a qualitative interview after the intervention to discuss overall impressions of the training and other ways the training changed their perspectives if at all on family violence
Detailed Description:
The goal of the current research is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of the Violence Evidence Guidance and Action VEGA Family Violence Education Resources VEGA Project 2019 among a sample of clinical psychology graduate students across Canadian universities to assess whether it is effective in improving responses to child maltreatment and intimate partner violence IPV collectively referred too throughout as family violence in clinical settings For this study students belonging to accredited Clinical Psychology doctoral programs from Canadian universities will be randomized into either a an intervention group that will complete the online VEGA Family Violence Education Resources OR b a control group who will not complete the training but who will have the opportunity to do so following the completion of outcome data collection wait-list control Throughout this evaluation study a variety of pre- and post-training outcome measures will be administered participants these measures are intended to assess reactions to the training changes in family violence knowledge changes in attitudes toward IPV and child maltreatment and clinically relevant behaviours in responding to suspicions and disclosures of family violence by clientspatients in clinical practice settings After completing the measures and the training a subset of randomly selected students from the intervention group will be invited to participate in a one-on-one qualitative interview with a member of the research team via Zoom during which they will be asked to share their perspectives on the training and how it impactedmay impact their work or not with clients who have experienced IPV andor child maltreatment Information provided from the quantitative measures and qualitative interviews will allow us to answer the following questions 1 Was the training engaging and relevant to clinical psychology students 2 Was the training able to improve the knowledge and self-efficacy of students regarding family violence 3 Was the training able to change behaviours and improve the response of clinical psychology students to clients or future clients experiencing family violence in their professional training settings Note Used with permission from 2020 VEGA Project McMaster University All rights reserved All questions regarding the use and evaluation of the VEGA Family Violence Education Resources or the VEGA Project more generally should be directed to Dr Melissa Kimber at vegamcmasterca
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
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None
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None
Is a PPSD?:
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Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None