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Grief's paradox: Approach and avoidance behaviour in prolonged grief

Grief's paradox: Approach and avoidance behaviour in prolonged grief - Grief's paradox

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON50972
Enrollment
128
Registered
2021-06-03
Start date
2021-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-09

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

Conditions

langdurige rouw complicated grief disturbed grief prolonged grief

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -adult (>18 year) -experienced the death of a loved one -probable prolonged grief disorder (n

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Non-adult (17 years or younger) - Has experienced another type of loss than the death of a relative (e.g., death of a pet, missing relative) - Is mentally retarded (i.e., primary school or less as highest education level) - Currently experiences or has experienced a psychosis in the past - Currently experiences suicidal ideation or has suicide plans

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Task 1A: Average total gaze time, average fixation time for lost-person stimuli and loss-reality stimuli in a free-viewing eye-tracking task and average total gaze time for these stimuli in a reaction time task. Task 1B: Differences in median reaction times between approach and avoidance trials for lost-person stimuli and for loss-reality stimuli in an approach-avoidance task

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Questionnaire measures The following constructs will be measured with questionnaires: Rumination Yearning Proximity-seeking behavior Desired (continued) attachment with the deceased Loss avoidance Experiential avoidance

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)