Attachment, Patient Self-disclosure and Psychotherapy Outcome

University Hospital Heidelberg1,500 enrolled

Overview

This study investigates whether within- and between-patient effects of attachment moderate the association between self-disclosure and psychotherapy outcome.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,500

Conditions

Psychotherapy Attachment Self Disclosure Treatment Outcome

Interventions

PsychotherapyOTHER

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Symptom Checklist Short Form (SCL-K11)

Symptom measure

Time frame: for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)

Secondary Outcomes

Relationship Questionnaire 2 (RQ-2)

Attachment measure

Time frame: for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)

Inpatient and day clinic experiences questionnaire (IDES)

measure of self-disclosure and other treatment factors

Time frame: for each participant: weekly assessment for 8 weeks of inpatient psychotherapy. Data will be reported for 7 years of continous study enrollment (2014 - 2021)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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