The Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM): A Qualitative Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM): A Qualitative Study
IRAS ID
213323
Contact name
Ashley Henderson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research Support Group
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
RG_16-168, University governance database
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Previous research has indicated that there is an association between the experience of childhood trauma and the development of mental health difficulties later in life, these experiences have also been linked with substance misuse.
The Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM) is a gender-specific group intervention, designed for women who have experienced childhood trauma (emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect).
This research aims to explore individuals’ personal experiences of the TREM intervention. Little is known about how the groups are perceived by the women who attend them and their views on the beneficial aspects of the group.
Women will be interviewed on a one-to-one basis, which will be recorded using a dictaphone. Participants will be recruited from a medium secure NHS unit and from a local community mental health charity.
The interviews will be a ‘semi-structured’ design, incorporating a set of prepared open-ended questions (see Appendix 4).The prepared questions will provide some structure to the interviews, but participants will have the freedom to talk about other topics and discuss what is personally significant or meaningful to them. The CI will have the flexibility to inquire about topics or examples that may arise, rather than rigidly following the questions.
The interviews will be analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Each interview will be typed up to produce a transcript. The CI will read through it and make annotations about areas of interest or significance. The transcript will be re-read and the CI will turn these initial notes into ‘themes’ that emerge. Some themes will be grouped together, according to their similarities and labelled with a ‘superordinate theme’. This will provide a structure for writing up the findings. The themes will be supported with quotes from the original interviews.
REC name
London - City & East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/0873
Date of REC Opinion
24 May 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion