Adaptation of STEPPS Program for Addressing Emotional Dysregulation and Self-harming Behaviors in Penitentiary Centers

Universitat Jaume I

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Self Harm

Treatments: Behavioral: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving (STEPPS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06297460

STEPPSPENITENTIARY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall objective of this study is to assess the feasibility, within the Penitentiary Centers of Catalonia, of adapting the STEPPS program for addressing and preventing emotional dysregulation and self-harming behaviors through an implementation study.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men or women deprived of liberty serving sentences in a penitentiary center in Catalonia.
• Presence of self-harming behaviors.
• Sufficient understanding and proficiency in Spanish to participate in the STEPPS program.
• Sufficient cognitive competence for study participation.
• Mental capacity to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Inmates under security measures or classified in the first degree of treatment.
• Inmates with language difficulties.
• Presence of severe pathologies that may hinder study participation.
• Inmates with the possibility of imminent release, impending transfers to other penitentiary centers, or pending trial.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

STEPPS program

Experimental group

Description:

The only condition is the experimental one. Participants receive the STEPPS program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving (STEPPS)