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Self-monitoring of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptoms: The effect of the experience sampling method (ESM) on PGD-symptoms compared to a waitlist group – a randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Rameckers, Rebecca (2023) Self-monitoring of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptoms: The effect of the experience sampling method (ESM) on PGD-symptoms compared to a waitlist group – a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
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| Abstract: | In 2022, Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was added to the DSM-5-TR. Whereas PGD can only be diagnosed after twelve months, research has shown the predictive nature and the possibly effective treatment of early grief symptoms. Tackling symptoms could possibly be done through self-monitoring symptoms. This study’s aim was to explore whether self-monitoring prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptoms through the experience sampling method (ESM) could aid people at risk for PGD (as classified by the DSM-5-TR) in decreasing PGD symptoms compared to a waitlist control group. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in which treatment-seeking bereaved people who lost a loved one three to six months before study participation were randomly assigned to the ESM or waitlist condition. PGD-symptoms were assessed through telephone interviews using items from the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Clinician Adminstered (TGI-CA) and were analysed through an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whereas condition had no significant effect on the severity of PGD-symptoms after waiting/ESM (F(1, 67) = 0.018, p = .895), plots depicting individual changes in PGD-severity showed some significant increases and decreases. All in all, self-monitoring grief reactions does not seem to have a significant effect on PGD-severity. Nonetheless, more research should be done keeping recommendations in mind. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96833 |
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