System Constellations in Virtual Reality (VR)

NCT05557890 | Active Not Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: SYSCO-VR
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of system constellations in Virtual Reality (VR) in a monocentric, single-masked randomized controlled trial. The method of system constellations refers to an approach which integrates ideas from organizational and family systems counseling with elements from psychodrama. The constellations are conducted in a group based VR-seminar, each VR-seminar lasting two to three days. Based on the model of a general mental health, the effects of system constellations in VR on psychological and systems functioning are explored. It is predicted that participation in a system constellation VR-seminar changes the level of psychological and systems functioning at 4 months.

Conditions

Psychological and Systems Functioning

Keywords

Systems Constellation; Virtual Reality (VR); Feasibility Study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline EB-45 Score within 4 months

  Changes in psychological well-being will be assessed using the 'Outcome Questionnaire' in its German version (EB-45). The EB-45 is a brief 45-item self report outcome/tracking instrument designed for repeated measurement of client progress through the course of psychotherapy and following termination. The scales of the EB-45 measure symptom distress, interpersonal functioning, and social role.

  Baseline, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 months after treatment

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Experience in Social Systems Questionnaire (EXIS)

  Baseline, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 months after treatment

• Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Treatment Progress (FEP-2)

  Baseline, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 months after treatment

• Bern Inventory of Psychotherapy Goals (BIT-C)

  Baseline, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 months after treatment

• Incongruence Questionnaire (K-INK)

  Baseline, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 months after treatment

Study Arms (2)

System Constellation VR-Seminar (exp. group)

EXPERIMENTAL

By externalising significant elements, systemic constellations render the inner image someone has of a personally important social system in a visible and tangible way to get more clarity about psycho-social conflicts to make goal-oriented changes. In this study, the method System Constellation will be applied in a Virtual Reality (VR) setting during two to three day seminars.

Behavioral: System Constellation VR-Seminar

System Constellation VR-Seminar (control group)

EXPERIMENTAL

By externalising significant elements, systemic constellations render the inner image someone has of a personally important social system in a visible and tangible way to get more clarity about psycho-social conflicts to make goal-oriented changes. In this study, the method System Constellation will be applied in a Virtual Reality (VR) setting during two to three day seminars. Study participants randomized to this group receive the intervention (system constellations VR-seminar) 4 months after the experimental group.

Behavioral: System Constellation VR-Seminar

Interventions

System Constellation VR-Seminar BEHAVIORAL

individual-centered intervention in a group VR-setting, duration 2 to 3 days

System Constellation VR-Seminar (control group); System Constellation VR-Seminar (exp. group)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• agreement to participate in a 2 to 3-day system constellations VR-seminar
• agreement to be randomized into treatment group or control group (waiting condition)
• agreement not to participate in another system constellation VR-seminar or seminar until completion of study

You may not qualify if:

• acute suicidal tendency
• acute psychotic episode
• acute drug or alcohol intoxication

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Witten/Herdecke: lead
• FH Münster University of Applied Sciences: collaborator
• The Witten Institute For Family Business: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Witten/Herdecke University

Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, 58455, Germany

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Hunger C, Bornhauser A, Link L, Schweitzer J, Weinhold J. Improving experience in personal social systems through family constellation seminars: results of a randomized controlled trial. Fam Process. 2014 Jun;53(2):288-306. doi: 10.1111/famp.12051. Epub 2013 Nov 19.

  PMID: 24251855 BACKGROUND

• Hunger C, Weinhold J, Bornhauser A, Link L, Schweitzer J. Mid- and long-term effects of family constellation seminars in a general population sample: 8- and 12-month follow-up. Fam Process. 2015 Jun;54(2):344-58. doi: 10.1111/famp.12102. Epub 2014 Sep 29.

  PMID: 25264190 BACKGROUND

• Weinhold J, Hunger C, Bornhauser A, Link L, Rochon J, Wild B, Schweitzer J. Family constellation seminars improve psychological functioning in a general population sample: results of a randomized controlled trial. J Couns Psychol. 2013 Oct;60(4):601-9. doi: 10.1037/a0033539. Epub 2013 Aug 19.

  PMID: 23957767 BACKGROUND

• Hunger C, Bornhauser A, Link L, Geigges J, Voss A, Weinhold J, Schweitzer J. The Experience in Personal Social Systems Questionnaire (EXIS.pers): Development and Psychometric Properties. Fam Process. 2017 Mar;56(1):154-170. doi: 10.1111/famp.12205. Epub 2016 Feb 8.

  PMID: 26858173 BACKGROUND

• Hunger, C. (2020). Family constellations as single intervention within the group setting in chronic psychosocial conflicts: short-, medium-, and long-term efficacy.Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 68(4), 263-273.

  BACKGROUND

• van Bebber T, Tappe EH, Druyen T, Kleve H, Rusen T, Hunger-Schoppe C. Efficacy and experience of system constellations in virtual reality (VR): study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2024 Dec 12;10(1):149. doi: 10.1186/s40814-024-01513-4.

  PMID: 39668350 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy III

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2022
• First Posted: September 28, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2025
• Last Updated: May 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)