Attachment, Patient Self-disclosure and Psychotherapy Outcome

Completed

• Conditions: Treatment Outcome; Attachment; Psychotherapy; Self Disclosure

• Registration Number: NCT05151354
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Heidelberg

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion: 2021-09-01
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptom Checklist Short Form (SCL-K11)	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)	Symptom measure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relationship Questionnaire 2 (RQ-2)	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)	Attachment measure
Inpatient and day clinic experiences questionnaire (IDES)	for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)	measure of self-disclosure and other treatment factors