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Aggressive behavior and its association with the effectiveness of outpatients psychotherapy

Aggressive behavior and its association with the effectiveness of outpatients psychotherapy - ATAV

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00014005
Enrollment
220
Registered
2018-02-13
Start date
2018-02-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F30-F39 F40-F48 F50-F59

Interventions

Group 1: In this study, the symptom severity and the (auto)aggressive behaviors of patients undergoing outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment will be analyzed before and during the treatment. All pati

Sponsors

Universität des SaarlandesKlinische Psychologie und Psychotehrapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Beginning of an outpatient psychotherapy at the Center for Behavior Therapy of the Saarland University or at the "Weiterbildungsinstitut für Psychotherapie Saarbrücken". The patient is suffering from a mental disorder according to DSM 5 or ICD-10. The minimum age is 18. Good knowledge of German.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Schizophrenic psychosis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The relation between the severity of the mental symptoms and the aggressive behavioral tendencies, the predictability of the treatment success via the aggressive behavioral tendencies and the predictability of the rate of premature treatment discontinuation via aggressive behavioral tendencies will be examined via psychometric questionnaires. The symptom severity will be recorded at the beginning of the psychotherapy and after the course of twelve psychotherapeutic sessions using the Beck Depression Inventory - Revision and the Brief Symptom Checklist. The detection of aggressive tendencies is carried out using pilot version of the "Testinventar zu autoaggressivem und fremdaggressivem Verhalten". Parallel to this study there will be a secound examination to examine the psychometric properties of the "Testinventar zu autoaggressivem und fremdaggressivem Verhalten", with the purpose to select the final items of this inventory. Finaly the data evaluation will be only based on this final itemlist.The relationships between the symptom severity and the therapeutic success with the aggressive behavioral tendencies will be analyzed both over all patients together and selective for different categories of disorders, e.g., anxiety disorders and mood disorders.. The diagnosis is recorded before the start of the psychotherapy using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Based on this interview, a diagnosis is given according to DSM 5 and ICD-10.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Recording the differences in the extent of aggressive tendencies depending on the diagnosis. Diagnosis is recorded using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Based on this interview, a diagnosis is given according to DSM 5 and ICD-10.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Schanz

Universität des SaarlandesKlinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

christian.schanz@uni-saarland.de++49 +681 302 71005

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026