Efficacy of Self-supportive Intervention Program on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Quality of life among Battered Wives in Madhya Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

Recently post-traumatic stress symptoms are highly noticed among women with intimate partner violence or experiencing battering and their quality of life became a question. In Indian society, the rate of suicide is increasing among battered wives and the need for psychological intervention is highly suggested. Based on previous findings and needs current study developed a Self-Supportive Intervention program combining the Mindfulness-based cognitive theory and emotional processing theory to reduce PTSD symptoms among battered women in Madhya Pradesh, India by scrutinizing its efficacy. The study used three phases of the Conklin program development model (1997), including planning, design and implementation, and evaluation. The planning and pilot testing of the SSI program included the first two phases and the third phase tested its efficacy using a "randomized controlled trial" of two groups comprising 40 Battered wives. Twenty participants were included in experimental and control groups respectively. Participants' socio-demographic profiles, the posttraumatic Symptoms Scale Interview version for DSM-5 (PSS-I-5), the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref Scale, and the Interview Protocol were used for collecting data. The newly developed self-supportive intervention program had an inter-reliability score of .845 after its evaluation by experts. To determine the extent of the program's impact, data analyses included MANOVA and Paired t-tests. According to the MANOVA results, the SSI program significantly affected participants' quality of life and PTSD symptoms (F [5,34] = 275.67, p<0.05). Paired t-test results were also significant at the 0.05 level. The Partial Esta-square of .976 indicated that the SSI program was effective in alleviating PTSD symptoms and increasing the quality of life.