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Photo-experiencing and Reflective Listening (PEARL) to Promote Healing Engagement for Survivors of Violence

NCT07277816 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-12-23

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a photo-elicitation intervention called PEARL (Photo-experiencing and Reflective Listening) can promote healing engagement in survivors of interpersonal violence. It will also learn about the feasibility and acceptability of PEARL. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does PEARL reduce barriers to help-seeking for trauma? Does PEARL improve trauma coping self-efficacy? Does PEARL change post-trauma cognitions and readiness for recovery? Is PEARL feasible and acceptable to survivors of interpersonal violence?

Researchers will compare people who receive PEARL immediately to people on a waitlist (who receive PEARL three months later) to see if PEARL improves healing engagement and help-seeking behaviors.

Participants will:

* Complete baseline surveys about their trauma history, mental health, healing, and help-seeking behaviors
* Be randomly assigned to receive PEARL immediately or after a 3-month wait
* Receive a photography-focusing prompt and create photos over two weeks (those in the immediate group or after the waiting period)
* Participate in a reflective listening interview about their photos
* Complete follow-up surveys immediately after the intervention and one month later
* Participate in a one-month follow-up interview about their experience

Conditions

  • Violence and Victimization

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PEARL (Photo-experiencing and Reflective Listening)

PEARL is a two-component behavioral intervention designed to promote healing engagement among survivors of interpersonal violence. Participants receive a photography-focusing prompt and are given two weeks to create photographs that reflect their healing journey and experiences. After the two-week photography period, participants engage in a one-on-one reflective listening interview where they discuss the photographs they created and co-create a healing action plan based on these discussions. The interview provides a structured opportunity for participants to explore and articulate their healing process through photo-elicitation, allowing them to express their experiences visually and verbally. The intervention is delivered by trained research assistants with fidelity monitoring through audio recording and independent evaluation of a random sample of sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura Sinko, PhD, MSHP, RN · Temple University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-01
Primary Completion
2026-08-01
Completion
2026-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07277816 on ClinicalTrials.gov