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dc.contributor.authorSonderegger, Robi
dc.contributor.authorRombouts, Sacha
dc.contributor.authorOcen, Benson
dc.contributor.authorMcKeever, Reyelle
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:12:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:12:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-20T22:52:20Z
dc.identifier.issn01446657
dc.identifier.doi10.1348/014466510X511637
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43695
dc.description.abstractObjectives. This study evaluated the impact of a culturally sensitive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)-based intervention (the EMPOWER programme) for waraffected persons in northern Uganda. Design. The study conducted a pilot evaluation with a convenience sample of participants from internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps (i.e., a treatment camp and waitlist control camp). This was done to avoid treatment effects spreading from the intervention to control conditions. Methods. A total of 202 participants (N = 90 treatment participants and N = 112 control participants) were included as a convenience sample. The Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (APAI), a culturally appropriate measure of psychosocial functioning, was administered to participants residing in two IDP camps at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 3-month follow-up. Participants in the treatment camp received the EMPOWER programme - a culturally sensitive CBT-based intervention teaching emotional resiliency and promoting forgiveness. Results. Participants in the treatment condition reported (a) significantly lower scores on the depression-like syndromes and the anxiety-like syndrome and (b) significantly more prosocial behaviours, than participants in the control condition. Conclusions. The results of this study provide initial support for the application of structured CBT interventions in war-affected areas, illustrating that the EMPOWER programme could be utilized by humanitarian agencies to address the psychosocial needs of war-affected displaced persons.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom234
dc.relation.ispartofpageto249
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Clinical Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1702
dc.titleTrauma rehabilitation for war-affected persons in northern Uganda: A pilot evaluation of the EMPOWER programme
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMcKeever, Reyelle S.


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