Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Patient Self-disclosure and Psychotherapy Outcome: Separating Within- From Between-patient Effects
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Psychotherapy
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
- Enrollment
- 1500
- Primary Endpoint
- Symptom Checklist Short Form (SCL-K11)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Simone Jennissen
Principal Investigator
University Hospital Heidelberg
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Symptom Checklist Short Form (SCL-K11)
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- 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))
- 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))