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CompletedNCT00453466EBWUpdated Mar 29, 2007

Group Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Violence Prevention

An interventional study of EBW group intervention to empower battered women in Domestic Violence, sponsored by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Completed. Open to female participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-03-29.

Sponsored by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Intimate partner violence against women is a significant global health problem. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a group intervention based on empowerment theory of Paolo Freire would be effective as a means to reduce the extent and prevent violence among women whose partners were violent toward them.

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A randomized controlled trial (N=141) with two control groups (one individual psychotherapeutic treatment and the other a usual care group treatment) was conducted in a violence treatment center in the South of Israel The treatment protocol designed to empower battered women (EBW) was conducted with 12 groups over a period of two years. Assessments were made before, immediately following and at an 8 month follow up following the intervention.

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Conditions studied

  • Domestic Violence

Keywords

  • women experiencing domestic violence
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In context

Lead sponsor

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is the lead sponsor of 17 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Women living in the south, who had approached the center for help as battered women
  • Could fill out forms in Hebrew
  • Aged 20 and above

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age younger than 20
  • Not able to fill out forms in Hebrew
  • Not living in the southern district of Israel
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single

Interventions

  • BehavioralEBW group intervention to empower battered women
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Conflict tactics scale, Posttraumatic stress scale for

  2. family violence

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 29, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00453466
Lead sponsor
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
First posted
Mar 29, 2007
Start date
Dec 2001
Completion
Dec 2004
Last update
Mar 29, 2007

Study contacts

Julie G Cwikel, Ph.D.
study director · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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