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CompletedNCT01414543Updated May 11, 2016

Psychologists' Lived Experience of Client Violence

An interventional study of Information Sheet and Consent in Life Experiences, sponsored by University of East London. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 24 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-11.

Sponsored by University of East London · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
24 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of the proposed research is to gain a detailed understanding and account of psychologists' experience of client violence in clinical practice. The emphasis is upon a detailed understanding of how psychologists perceive and understand their experience of client violence and its impact upon their identity as clinicians and as individuals.

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This research is interested in Counselling and Clinical Psychologists who have experienced client violence at their work place. The main research question being asked is how do psychologists' understand their personal experiences of client violence. This is an important and interesting subject for Counselling and Clinical Psychologists as it provides a detailed personal account of the implications of violence upon their personal and professional identity, psychological well being and how they define violence. Furthermore, this research may help facilitate in designing a specific policy and help future research to issue guidelines for counselling and clinical psychologists in order to keep themselves safe within their professional practice. Psychologists working for the National Health Service will be recruited and provided with information regarding the research aims and objectives. There will be interviews held at their place of work for approximately one hour.

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Conditions studied

  • Life Experiences

Keywords

  • violence
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of East London is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
24 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Psychologist's who have experienced client violence

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    providing information sheet

    providing participants with information regarding the purpose of the research

    Other: Information Sheet

  • Other
    Seeking consent

    Other: Consent

  • Other
    Interview Participant

    Other: interview

  • Other
    Debrief

    The Participants will be debriefed after the interview.

    Other: Debrief

Interventions

  • OtherInformation Sheet

    Providing the Participant with information regarding the aim of the experiment

  • OtherConsent

    Providing a consent form for participants. The participant is aware of his or her rights

  • Otherinterview

    participants will interviewed by fardin jussab for approximately one hour regarding their experience of client violence

  • OtherDebrief

    at the end of each interview the researcher will ask participants whether the emotions aroused in the interview require further discussions. Interviewees will be also advised that should they wish to talk further about any topics covered the in the interview, they could telephone the researcher at a later time. There will also be leaflets of supporting agencies.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. experience of violence

    participant's discuss their experince of client violence in the work place

    Time frame: one hour

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Health Service
    London, United Kingdom
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 11, 2016, 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
NCT01414543
Lead sponsor
University of East London
Responsible party
Fardin Jussab (Dr, University of East London) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 11, 2011
Start date
Oct 2009
Primary completion
Oct 2012
Completion
Oct 2012
Last update
May 11, 2016

Study contacts

Helen Murphy, BA, MSc, DPhil
study chair · University of East London

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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