The efficacy of two brief psychological interventions in reducing traumatic symptoms and increasing post-traumatic growth in victims of injury and violent assault and robbery

The objective of the present project is to evaluate the effectiveness of two brief evidence-based intervention programs of six sessions, in an individual format, for the prevention or reduction of post-traumatic and depressive symptomatology and the promotion of subjective well-being and post-traumatic growth in persons who have been recent victims of criminal violence. An experimental design will be used, with random assignment of participants to one of three groups: G1 with Brief Systemic Therapy (BST), G2 with Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PCBT), and G3 in a waiting list, as a control group (CG). Participants will be victims of criminal violence in the last six months, referred from the Regional Unit of Attention to Victims and Witnesses of the National Prosecutor's Office, dependent on the Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office. To evaluate the feasibility and differential efficacy of two brief intervention programs in individual format (BST and PCBT) for the prevention or reduction of post-traumatic and depressive symptomatology and the promotion of subjective well-being and post-traumatic growth in persons who have been recent victims of criminal violence.