Attachment, Psychotherapy, Self Disclosure, Treatment Outcome
Conditions
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.
Interventions
OTHERPsychotherapy
Patients receive 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment. Treatment consists of individual and group psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as an individual combination of art, music, body-oriented and relaxation therapies, which are also carried out in group settings. Treatments is provided by an interdisciplinary team of psychotherapists with a medical or psychology degree, art of music therapists, social workers, physiotherapists and specialist nurses.
Sponsors
University Hospital Heidelberg
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Outcome results
None listed