Exploring the Suitability of Movement and Sound in Couple Therapy: A Proof-of-Concept Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Couples Satisfaction Index, CSI-32.
研究概览
简要总结
The present phase-IIA waiting-list controlled proof-of-concept trial aims to explore the adequacy of immediate sound feedback for physical distance and touch between individuals as a potential means to complement existing methods in couple therapy. The results obtained will determine the design of a subsequent phase-IIB randomized controlled trial.
详细描述
According to early 20th century psychoanalysis, the "unsaid" becomes apparent in the relationship between patient and therapist, as well as in metaphors and symbols revealed through unintended utterances, imaginative techniques, and dreams. To convey emotions and thoughts, this method relies on the use of spoken language. Likewise, spoken language remains central to the practice of psychotherapy in subsequent decades, as clinicians and researchers sought to translate and transform major claims of psychoanalysis into newer paradigms, the most prominent of them being cognitive-behavioral, client-centered and family-systems psychotherapy. Inspired by somatic psychology and neuroscience evidence, more recent approaches focus on body and movement to target the "unsaid" beyond spoken language. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the "Sentire" project attempts to provide immediate sound feedback for physical distance and touch between individuals (www.sentire.me). The present phase-IIA waiting-list controlled proof-of-concept trial aims to explore the adequacy of "Sentire" as a potential means to complement existing methods in couple therapy. The results obtained will determine the design of a subsequent phase-IIB randomized controlled trial.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •In couple relationship for at least six months;
- •Living in shared household or close daily contact.
排除标准
- •Currently acute episode of any mental disorder.
研究组 & 干预措施
Music-based couple therapy.
Each couple will receive five treatment sessions, including established methods from client-centered and family-systems psychotherapy as well as "Sentire," a technological approach providing immediate sound feedback for physical distance and touch. Duration of the treatment phase: five weeks.
干预措施: Music-based couple therapy. (Behavioral)
Waiting list.
Each couple will go through an initial waiting period before the treatment phase. Duration of the waiting period: five weeks.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Couples Satisfaction Index, CSI-32.
时间窗: Change on the CSI-32, as determined by scores on this outcome measure at the beginning, immediately at the end of the five-week treatment phase or five-week waiting-list period, and at 12-month follow-up.
This self-report questionnaire was conceived to quantify various aspects of a person's satisfaction in a couple relationship on a Likert scale ranging from 0 (very low satisfaction) to 6 (very high satisfaction).
次要结局
- Change in Beck's Depression Inventory, BDI-II.(Change on the BDI-II, as determined by scores on this outcome measure at the beginning, immediately at the end of the five-week treatment phase or five-week waiting-list period, and at 12-month follow-up.)
- Change in ICD-10 Symptom Rating, ISR.(Change on the ISR, as determined by scores on this outcome measure at the beginning, immediately at the end of the five-week treatment phase or five-week waiting-list period, and at 12-month follow-up.)