Controlling Offensive Behavior Using Narrative Exposure Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial of Former Street Children

Crombach, Anselm; Elbert, Thomas

Controlling Offensive Behavior Using Narrative Exposure Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial of Former Street Children

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Date

2015

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Reinhart Koselleck-Projekt 'Psychobiologie menschlicher Gewalt- und Tötungsbereitschaft'

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Psychologie

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Journal article

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Clinical Psychological Science ; 3 (2015), 2. - pp. 270-282. - ISSN 2167-7026. - eISSN 2167-7034

Abstract

Insecure and violent environments foster two different forms of aggressive behavior: reactive aggressive responding, such as fearful or angry impulsive behavior to perceived threats, and appetitive aggression, which encompasses violence-related feelings of power, excitement, and pleasure. We tested whether forensic offender rehabilitation narrative exposure therapy (FORNET; five sessions) would reduce involvement in everyday violence and produce beneficial effects for mental and physical health. In a Burundian residential center for former street children, we identified a subset of 32 male youths (mean age = 17 years) who scored highly in appetitive aggression. We conducted a randomized controlled trial by assigning matched pairs to receive either FORNET or treatment as usual. During the follow-up (4–7 months after completing treatment), the 16 youths who received FORNET reported having committed significantly fewer offenses (Hedges’s g = 0.62) and presented with fewer physical-health complaints (Hedges’s g = 0.56) than did their matched control participants.

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150 Psychology

Keywords

violent behavior, former street children, narrative exposure therapy, appetitive aggression, traumatic stress

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CROMBACH, Anselm, Thomas ELBERT, 2015. Controlling Offensive Behavior Using Narrative Exposure Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial of Former Street Children. In: Clinical Psychological Science. 3(2), pp. 270-282. ISSN 2167-7026. eISSN 2167-7034. Available under: doi: 10.1177/2167702614534239

BibTex

@article{Crombach2015Contr-29277,
  year={2015},
  doi={10.1177/2167702614534239},
  title={Controlling Offensive Behavior Using Narrative Exposure Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial of Former Street Children},
  number={2},
  volume={3},
  issn={2167-7026},
  journal={Clinical Psychological Science},
  pages={270--282},
  author={Crombach, Anselm and Elbert, Thomas}
}

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