# Comparing a Fatherhood Focused Individual Intervention to Batterer Intervention to Reduce IPV and Child Maltreatment

> **NIH NIH R21** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $251,250

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT
This Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) will expand our promising data on Fathers for Change
(F4C), a novel intervention for fathers with histories of perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV), by
comparing it to a Batterer Intervention Program (BIP). F4C is designed to meet a significant unmet intervention
need for fathers who have a history of family violence who are not helped by currently available batterer
intervention programs (BIPs). BIPs that are currently available nationally have shown limited efficacy with high
rates of repeat violence. F4C is an individual treatment that addresses two significant co-occurring issues:
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM), which are significant public health concerns with
tremendous impact on the health and functioning of victims and child witnesses. The intervention uses men's
roles as fathers to engage them in reflective functioning and emotion regulation work to change their
behaviors. This project will provide needed data to further develop F4C and move to a Stage II efficacy trial by:
1) revising the BIP group intervention manual to be delivered in an individual treatment format to allow
comparison with F4C; 2) develop a fidelity measure for F4C and the BIP; 3) conduct a stage 1b randomized
trial (consistent with the stage model of intervention development) to show feasibility, acceptability and
intervention signal with the targeted population. Sixty fathers with a history of IPV who are involved with and
referred by child protective services will be randomly assigned to F4C or an individually delivered comparable
dose of BIP. Reflective functioning and emotion regulation will be examined as the mechanisms through which
Fathers for Change reduces IPV and CM risk behaviors. These data and completed materials will then support
a larger randomized efficacy trial of F4C compared to BIP resulting in an evidenced based intervention for
treatment resistant IPV and CM that can be delivered in outpatient clinics nationally.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9975413
- **Project number:** 1R21HD099318-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** CARLA S STOVER
- **Activity code:** R21 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $251,250
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9975413

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9975413, Comparing a Fatherhood Focused Individual Intervention to Batterer Intervention to Reduce IPV and Child Maltreatment (1R21HD099318-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9975413. Licensed CC0.

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