Psycho-education Program BLAME-LESS and It's Effect on Traumarelated Shame and Guilt

Karakter Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Trauma

Treatments: Behavioral: BLAME-LESS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05987735

Ontschuldig

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of the BLAME-LESS study is to examine the effectiveness of an online psychoeducation program in reducing trauma-related feelings of shame and guilt in adolescents who experienced sexual or physical abuse .

Full description

The study follows a two-arm RCT (n=34). The effects of a brief online psychoeducation program will be compared, with a waiting-list control group. The intervention aims to reduce feelings of trauma-related shame and guilt that adolescents experience regarding their own defense responses during and after (sexual) violence. Assessments take place after screening, at baseline, two weeks after allocation to the intervention or waiting-list, and, only for the waiting-list participants, seven weeks after allocation to the intervention.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the participant experienced one or more traumatic life events, including (sexual) violence as indicated by the CTSQ;
• the participant reported one or more feelings of guilt and/or shame on the CERQ (items 1 and/or 10 and/or 19 and/or 28)
• the participant being fluent in written and spoken Dutch;
• the participant is motivated and available for a period of seven weeks to engage in the study, including the psychoeducation program BLAME-LESS, and commit to the assessments.

Exclusion criteria

• acute suicidal behavior or suicidal ideations requiring immediate hospitalization;
• the participant has already read the book that this program is based upon: "Paralyzed with Fear" (In Dutch: Verlamd van Angst, van Minnen 2017), or has been intensively informed otherwise in the past 12 months by a psychologist about common defense responses during and after trauma;
• Cognitive Impairments (IQ < 70);
• the participant has a brother or sister in the present study;
• the participant is already involved in trauma-focused treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

BLAME-LESS Program

Experimental group

Description:

If allocated to the intervention group, participants will have direct access to the online intervention for two weeks after allocation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BLAME-LESS

Waiting-list control group

No Intervention group

Description:

When a participant is assigned to the waiting-list control group, he or she has a two-week waiting period, after which the participant will have access to the intervention.