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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Prolonged Grief Disorder

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Fusion and Self-Compassion of People with Prolonged Grief Disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20240602061981N1
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-08-05
Start date
2023-10-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-26

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Conditions

prolonged grief disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: In the intervention group, acceptance and commitment therapy was performed. Acceptance and commitment therapy is one of the treatments of the third wave of behavior

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: This includes receiving a diagnosis of long-term grief disorder based on the long-term grief questionnaire of Prigerson et al. (2021) and a structured clinical interview by the criteria of the revised text of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Being between 19 and 50 years old; don't receive medication at the time of diagnosis and during the research period; No history of substance abuse or substance dependence Inefficiency of other psychological interventions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having severe co-occurring disorders including major depressive disorder, personality disorders, bipolar disorders. Having some kind of medical condition that makes the person seek immediate treatment Patients with features of psychosis, mania or hypomania, or borderline personality disorders (because these patients have emotional instability and the process of evaluating their mood will be difficult).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Prolonged grief disorder. Timepoint: The study variables were measured before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: prolonged grief disorder score in the lprolonged griefquestionnaire of Prigerson et al. (2021).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Emotion regulation score. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: The emotion regulation score in John and Gross's 10 question emotion regulation questionnaire.;Self-compassion. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: the self-compassion score in Self-Compassion Scale-Long Form by Neff et al (2003).;Cognitive fusion. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: the cognitive fusion score in Gillanders' 12 question cognitive fusion questionnaire (2010).

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contactmahdiye daraei

Islamic Azad University

daraeimahdiye@gmail.com+98 11 4225 1527

Outcome results

None listed

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