Attachment, Patient Self-disclosure and Psychotherapy Outcome

Treatment Outcome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Patient Self-disclosure and Psychotherapy Outcome: Separating Within- From Between-patient Effects

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05151354
• Other study ID #: Attach-Sel-2021
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University Hospital Heidelberg
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigates whether within- and between-patient effects of attachment moderate the association between self-disclosure and psychotherapy outcome.

Description:

Participants are recruited at the University Clinic Heidelberg at the beginning of their (usually) 8-week inpatient treatment. After informed consent, patients routinely fill out weekly questionnaires on attachment, self-disclosure, and symptom severity.

This study is the first to disentangle stable, trait-like (between-person) effects of both attachment and self-disclosure from within-person changes over the course of treatment. The study investigates whether (changes in) attachment moderate the association between (changes in) self-disclosure and psychotherapy outcome.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients of at least 18 years of age

• treated at the inpatient unit of a hospital for psychosomatic medicine

• provided measurements of symptoms, attachment style, and self-disclosure for at least one measurement occasion

Exclusion Criteria:

• bipolar, acute psychotic or substance abuse disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attachment
• Psychotherapy
• Treatment Outcome

Intervention

Other:
• Psychotherapy
Patients receive 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment. Treatment consists of individual and group psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as an individual combination of art, music, body-oriented and relaxation therapies, which are also carried out in group settings. Treatments is provided by an interdisciplinary team of psychotherapists with a medical or psychology degree, art of music therapists, social workers, physiotherapists and specialist nurses.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Heidelberg

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Symptom Checklist Short Form (SCL-K11)	Symptom measure	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)
Secondary	Relationship Questionnaire 2 (RQ-2)	Attachment measure	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)
Secondary	Inpatient and day clinic experiences questionnaire (IDES)	measure of self-disclosure and other treatment factors	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)