Exploring reactivity effects of self-monitoring prolonged grief reactions in daily life: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial using experience sampling methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While people's symptomatology levels may change through self-monitoring of symptoms in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM), no controlled studies have examined such reactivity effects in the grief field.

Objective

We investigated reactivity effects of self-monitoring prolonged grief reactions to determine whether self-monitoring leads to clinically significant changes in early prolonged grief disorder (PGD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression symptoms at both group and individual levels.

Methods

184 adults, bereaved 3 to 6 months earlier, were randomized to an ESM (n = 90) or waitlist condition (n = 94). Over two weeks, participants reported their prolonged grief reactions 5×/day. Early PGD, PTSD, and depr

SUBMITTER: Franzen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12524560 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature