effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on Prolonged Grief Disorder

effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) on anger, guilt feeling and self-destructive behaviors In people with Prolonged Grief Disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20231103059943N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-18

Start date

2024-06-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-27

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Conditions

Prolonged Grief Disorder. Psychological and behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group:The intervention is an emotion-focused treatment according to Greenberg's (2015) protocol, which is in the form of 10 1-hour sessions that will be conducted individu

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: having informed consent, loss of relatives, age range between 18 and 60 years, having literacy, no history/current presence of severe psychiatric diseases or alcohol or drug use based on (5-RV: DSM-5-SCID), scoring higher than the cut-off point in grief questionnaires (scoring higher than 102), anger, guilt feeling(scoring score higher than 135) and self-destructive behaviors (score higher than 5). Also, at least 1 year has passed since the death of their loved ones, and the deceased must be a first-degree relative of the subject.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: . stressful events after entering the study (such as death of relatives), entering other psychological intervention courses (simultaneous participation in other psychotherapies), frequent absences from treatment sessions (three sessions) and more), starting to take psychiatric drugs (including antidepressants, anti-anxiety and other psychiatric drugs that may affect the dependent variables of this research), having suicidal thoughts during treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Scores of clients in , anger (STAXI-2), guilt (GFQ) and self-destructive behaviors (SHI) questionnaires. Timepoint: The beginning of treatment. Completion of treatment. 3 months after completion of treatment. Method of measurement: Grief (GEQ), anger (STAXI-2), guilt (GFQ) and self-destructive behaviors (SHI).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactZeynab Akbari

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

zakbarisardehlaghi@gmail.com+98 21 5551 0879

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026