Culturally tailored, trauma-informed yoga for Black and Brown women who experienced intimate partner abuse

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This is a single-blind, randomized pilot with 40 women of color who have experienced intimate partner violence, comparing a culturally-tailored trauma-informed yoga program (SOAR) to an enhanced care-as-usual control. Participants complete a baseline assessment, are randomized to one of the two groups, and the research assistant conducting outcomes assessments is blind to assignment. Primary aims are to measure feasibility, acceptability, and safety and to compare psychological well-being between groups, with secondary outcomes including empowerment, resilience, health-related quality of life, collective self-esteem, and culturally specific coping. The yoga program includes a 20-minute one-on-one orientation, provision of supplies (mat, journal, water bottle), attention to safety planning, and culturally relevant group sessions.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identify as a Woman of Color (WOC).
* Lifetime experience of intimate partner violence (IPV)
* Age 18 years or older.
* Willingness to complete study procedures

Where it's running

• the University of Akron
  Akron, Ohio, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Dawn Johnson, Ph.D.
• Email: johnsod@uakron.edu
• Phone: 330-972-7111

Similar studies

Other studies for the same condition or treatment. Recruiting studies are listed first.

• Intraoperative Comfort After Cesarean with Neuraxial Anesthesia

  This study tests how patients feel during cesarean delivery with spinal or epidural anesthesia to help create a tool that captures intraoperative comfort.

  Recruiting Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital · Toronto, Ontario · NCT07867106

• Human-created animated art vs AI-created art: does it change how you feel right away?

  This online trial tests whether watching a human-made animated art film or an AI-made one, or doing nothing, quickly changes mood or sense of connection in U.S. adults.

  Recruiting Stanford University · Palo Alto, California and 1 other locations · NCT07740148

• Vicarious Post-Traumatic Growth Intervention for Emergency Nurses

  This randomized trial tests whether a structured VPTG intervention helps emergency nurses reduce vicarious trauma and improve well-being.

  Recruiting Fatima Jinnah Women University · Multan · NCT07677527

• Breathing before breastfeeding to help moms of NICU babies

  This study tests whether pre-breastfeeding breathing exercises can reduce anxiety and improve well-being for mothers with babies in the NICU.

  Recruiting Inonu University · Elâzığ, Elâzığ · NCT07634445

• Familia Imara — a parenting program to reduce family violence in Tanzania.

  This program will test whether group parenting sessions led by community health workers can reduce partner violence, lower harsh discipline, and improve child development for couples with a child under two in Tanzanian villages.

  Recruiting George Washington University · Dar es Salaam · NCT07574567

• Flexible online mindfulness program for pediatric residents

  This program will test whether letting pediatric residents choose a 3-, 5-, or 7-week online mindfulness course improves engagement, satisfaction, and completion compared with being assigned a length.

  Recruiting Northwestern University · Chicago, Illinois · NCT07542769

How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.