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NCT Number: NCT01414543

Psychologists' Lived Experience of Client Violence

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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Key information

Conditions

Life Experiences

Age range

24 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

National Health Service

London, United Kingdom

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Psychologist's who have experienced client violence

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Information Sheet

Other

Providing the Participant with information regarding the aim of the experiment

Consent

Other

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

interview

Other

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

Debrief

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. experience of violence

    Time frame: one hour

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of East London

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Counselling and Clinical Psychologists Lived Experience of Client Violence

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Aug 11, 2011
Registry last updated
May 11, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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