Heterogeneity in interpersonal violence outcome research: An investigation and discussion of clinical and research implications

Hockenhull, Juliet; Cherry, Mary Gemma; Whittington, Richard; Dickson, Rumona; Leitner, M; Barr, Wally; McGuire, James

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.02.005

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“…This suggests that other characteristics of the studies might explain the high variability in results and underscore a methodological issue in the DV literature. High heterogeneity in interpersonal violence research has already been discussed along with the limitations it imposes on the ability of systematic reviews to adequately inform prevention and intervention efforts (Hockenhull et al, 2015). For example, 30% of the studies included in our meta-analysis used homemade questionnaires, which introduces variability in the assessment of DV as well as limitations regarding the psychometric quality of the measures.…”

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A Meta-Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Dating Violence Victimization: The Role of Family and Peer Interpersonal Context

Hébert

Daspe

Lapierre

et al. 2017

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Dating violence (DV) is a widespread social issue that has numerous deleterious repercussions on youths' health. Family and peer risk factors for DV have been widely studied, but with inconsistent methodologies, which complicates global comprehension of the phenomenon. Protective factors, although understudied, constitutes a promising line of research for prevention. To date, there is no comprehensive quantitative review attempting to summarize knowledge on both family and peer factors that increase or decrease the risk for adolescents and emerging adults DV victimization. The current meta-analysis draws on 87 studies with a total sample of 278,712 adolescents and young adults to examine effect sizes of the association between various family and peer correlates of DV victimization. Results suggest small, significant effect sizes for all the family (various forms of child maltreatment, parental support, and parental monitoring) and peer factors (peer victimization, sexual harassment, affiliation with deviant peers, and supportive/prosocial peers) in the prediction of DV. With few exceptions, forms of DV (psychological, physical, and sexual), gender, and age did not moderate the strength of these associations. In addition, no difference was found between the magnitude of family and peer factors' effect sizes, suggesting that these determinants are equally important in predicting DV. The current results provide future directions for examining relations between risk and protective factors for DV and indicate that both peers and family should be part of the development of efficient prevention options.

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A Meta-Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Dating Violence Victimization: The Role of Family and Peer Interpersonal Context

Hébert

Daspe

Lapierre

et al. 2017

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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116

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“…One more review of interventions and violence outcome research determined that there was simply too much heterogeneity among studies for meaningful synthesis of the data presented (Hockenhull et al, 2015). As noted by the review authors, there is a lack of the kind of robust evidence that policy makers rely upon to allocate resources efficiently and effectively.…”

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Reducing Violence Risk? Some Positive Recidivism Outcomes for Canadian Treated High-Risk Offenders

Higgs¹,

Cortoni

Nunes

2018

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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In pursuit of “what works” in violent offending behavior programs, there remain insufficient evaluations of program outcomes. Three hundred forty-five offenders from the Canadian Violence Prevention Program (VPP) were compared after an average 3-year follow-up with 338 non-VPP participants. Outcomes measured were new convictions for violent, sexual, or general offenses. Intent-to-treat design was used. Subsequently, participants who completed or did not complete the program were compared with the non-VPP group. Further analyses considered Indigenous and non-Indigenous subgroups. Overall, lower recidivism rates were associated with VPP completion, both in the complete sample and ethnic subgroups. However, the main finding of significantly lower likelihood of violent recidivism was found only for the Indigenous offenders, while significantly lower likelihood of general (nonviolent) recidivism was specific to non-Indigenous offenders. Results are interpreted cautiously in relation to program effectiveness given the quasi-experimental design and the important implications of outcome studies for correctional services.

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“…Other reviews of research in forensic mental health settings have reported similar difficulties preventing a homogenous dataset36–39 with few studies with enough similarities to each other to draw firm conclusions regarding the impact of interventions 36. Continuing with small-scale research with mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) is questionable due to these studies being underpowered and unlikely to detect differences 37.…”

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“…It is likely that multisite studies will need to be undertaken with the impact of different environments reviewed as part of the study. To increase the homogeneity of studies, future studies also need similar participants, interventions and outcome measures 36. Using measures that are familiar in practice might be a productive way of developing standardised outcomes 13…”

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Psychological and psychosocial interventions offered to forensic mental health inpatients: a systematic review

MacInnes

Masino

2019

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveTo examine the evidence for the use of psychological and psychosocial interventions offered to forensic mental health inpatients.DesignCINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect and Web of Science databases were searched for research published in English between 1 January 1990 and 31 May 2018.Outcome measuresDisturbance, mental well-being, quality of life, recovery, violence/risk, satisfaction, seclusion, symptoms, therapeutic relationship and ward environment. There were no limits on the length of follow-up.Eligibility criteriaWe included randomised controlled trial (RCT) studies of any psychological or psychosocial intervention in an inpatient forensic setting. Pilot or feasibility studies were included if an RCT design was used.We restricted our search criteria to inpatients in low, medium and high secure units aged over 18. We focused on interventions considered applicable to most patients residing in forensic mental health settings.Data extraction and synthesisTwo independent reviewers extracted data and assessed risk of bias.Results17 232 citations were identified with 195 full manuscripts examined in detail. Nine papers were included in the review. The heterogeneity of the identified studies meant that meta-analysis was inappropriate. The results were presented in table form together with a narrative synthesis. Only 7 out of 91 comparisons revealed statistically significant results with no consistent significant findings. The most frequently reported outcomes were violence/risk and symptoms. 61% of the violence/risk comparisons and 79% of the symptom comparisons reported improvements in the intervention groups compared with the control groups.ConclusionsCurrent practice is based on limited evidence with no consistent significant findings. This review suggests psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions did not reduce violence/risk, but there is tentative support they may improve symptoms. More RCTs are required with: larger sample sizes, representative populations, standardised outcomes and control group interventions similar in treatment intensity to the intervention.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017067099.

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Heterogeneity in interpersonal violence outcome research: An investigation and discussion of clinical and research implications

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

A Meta-Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Dating Violence Victimization: The Role of Family and Peer Interpersonal Context

A Meta-Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Dating Violence Victimization: The Role of Family and Peer Interpersonal Context

Reducing Violence Risk? Some Positive Recidivism Outcomes for Canadian Treated High-Risk Offenders

Psychological and psychosocial interventions offered to forensic mental health inpatients: a systematic review

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