SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2021
Effectiveness of current psychological interventions to improve emotion regulation in youth: a meta-analysis.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Children and Youth Emotion Regulation: A Meta-Analysis.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Do the effects of internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy (i-CBT) last after a year and beyond? A meta-analysis of 154 randomized controlled trials (RCTs).Clinical psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Elements in Mental Health Interventions Associated with Effects on Emotion Regulation in Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of emotional regulation outcomes in psychological interventions for youth with depression and anxiety.Nature human behaviour · 2021Pooled it
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- Emotion Regulation Mediates the Link Between Exposure to Childhood Adversity and Transdiagnostic Symptom Domains in Youth.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Emotion regulation skills training for adolescents and parents in a clinical setting: a randomised controlled trial.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
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- Emotion Regulation and Attachment Style as Predictors of Psychiatric Hospitalization Duration in Suicidal Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch investigating the role of emotion regulation (ER) in the development and treatment of psychopathology has increased in recent years. Evidence suggests that an increased focus on ER in treatment can improve existing interventions. Most ER research has neglected young people, therefore the present meta-analysis summarizes the evidence for existing psychosocial intervention and their effectiveness to improve ER in youth. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. Twenty-one randomized-control-trials (RCTs) assessed changes in ER following a psychological intervention in youth exhibiting various psychopathological symptoms. We found moderate effect sizes for current interventions to decrease emotion dysregulation in youth (g = - 0.46) and small effect sizes to improve emotion regulation (g = 0.36). Significant differences between studies including intervention components, ER measures and populations studied resulted in large heterogeneity. This is the first meta-analysis that summarizes the effectiveness for existing interventions to improve ER in youth. The results suggest that interventions can enhance ER in youth, and that these improvements correlate with improvements in psychopathology. More RCTs including larger sample sizes, different age groups and psychopathologies are needed to increase our understanding of what works for who and when.
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