Loneliness over time during an eating club intervention for people with psychotic disorders

Tatlicioglu, Salih (2024) Loneliness over time during an eating club intervention for people with psychotic disorders. Master thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

This research further explored the impact of an eating club intervention, called HospitaliTY (conducted by Vogel et al., 2023), on the loneliness overtime experienced by individuals with psychotic disorders. Data were collected through a systematic diary method known as the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), which utilized 35 questions per assessment to evaluate loneliness, emotional state, social interactions, and the current environment/location. Participants were instructed to complete the questionnaire at nine different times over the course of the 12- month study. These notifications occurred at four predetermined times each day, and participants completed the questionnaire for three consecutive days each time. The study included 43 individuals diagnosed with psychotic disorders, who were divided into an intervention group (eating club) with 27 participants and a control group (WLC) with 16 participants. We expected that participants in the intervention group experienced lower levels of loneliness over time than patients in the control group. Additionally, we hypothesized that feelings of loneliness would be reduced on the days participants attended the eating club compared to the days when they did not. Moreover, we have hypothesized that participants in the intervention group will be less anxious in social interaction. Finally, we have hypothesized that participants in the control group interact less with others due to feeling/behaving strangely due to mental disorder than participants in the intervention group. Conducting a linear mixed effect analysis yielded no significant results for our first hypothesis (F = 0.507, p = 0,477, using a type III test of fixed effects), but were significant for the third (F = 7.325, p = 0,007, using a type III test of fixed effects and fourth hypothesis (F = 10.481, p = 0.007, using a type III test of fixed effects). The Mann-Whitney U test revealed no significant decrease in loneliness on the days when participants attended the eating club compared to the days they did not attend. Further research within this domain should investigate the mechanisms of loneliness among people with psychotic disorders to be able to optimize specific interventions targeting loneliness.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisor name:	Castelein, S. and Nauta, M.H. and Bruins, J.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology]
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2024 10:03
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2024 10:03
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4413

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