ArticleJNCI cancer spectrum2020
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Emotion Regulation Therapy for Psychologically Distressed Caregivers of Cancer Patients.
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- Emotion Regulation Interventions for Cancer Patients and Their Relatives: A Systematic Review.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- "Resilient Caregivers"-A Randomized Trial of a Resilience-Based Intervention for Psychologically Distressed Partner Caregivers of Patients With Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2026Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of emotion regulation therapy for cancer caregivers: A mechanism-targeted approach to addressing caregiver distress.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Trial
- The impact of emotion regulation therapy on emotion differentiation in psychologically distressed caregivers of cancer patients.Anxiety, stress, and coping · 2021Trial
- The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Community mental health journal · 2020Trial
- Preliminary Efficacy of an Emotion Regulation Intervention on Physical Activity and Depressive and Anxious Symptoms in Individuals in Cardiac Rehabilitation.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
- Non-pharmacological interventions for informal cancer caregivers: a JBI scoping review and gap analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Age and Gender Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Functioning Among Youth Referred to a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at a Public Hospital.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Affective Science Research: Perspectives and Priorities from the National Institutes of Health.Affective science · 2023Review
- Difficulties in emotional regulation mediates the impact of burden on quality of life and mental health in a sample of family members of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Sociocultural Moderators of Emotion Regulation in Family Members of the Critically Ill.Western journal of nursing research · 2022Article
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- Moderators and mediators of emotion regulation therapy for psychologically distressed caregivers of cancer patients: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2021Article
- Blood cancer caregiving during COVID-19: understanding caregivers' needs.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Feasibility of an Emotion Regulation Intervention for Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation.Western journal of nursing research · 2021Article
- Emotion Regulation Therapy and Its Potential Role in the Treatment of Chronic Stress-Related Pathology Across Disorders.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious cognitive behavioral therapies for informal caregivers (ICs) have produced negligible effects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate, in a randomized controlled trial, the efficacy of Emotion Regulation Therapy adapted for caregivers (ERT-C) on psychological and inflammatory outcomes in psychologically distressed ICs and the cancer patients cared for.
methodsA total of 81 ICs with elevated psychological distress were randomly assigned to ERT-C or a waitlist condition and assessed pre-, mid-, and post-treatment. In 52 cases, the patient cared for by the IC was included. Patients did not receive ERT-C. Both the ERT-C and waitlist groups were followed 3 and 6 months post-treatment. Data were analyzed with multilevel models, and
resultsCompared with ICs in the waitlist condition, ICs in the ERT-C condition experienced medium to large statistically significant reductions in psychological distress (Hedge's
conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of ERT-C for ICs. Given the previous disappointing effects of other cognitive behavioral therapies for this population, the present findings are very encouraging. Identifying ICs with elevated psychological distress and providing them with relevant psychotherapy appears an important element of comprehensive cancer care.
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