Emotion Regulation Group Intervention for Late Adolescents: a Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Emotional Dysfunction
- Sponsor
- Camille Nemitz Piguet
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes from Baseline in Difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
A clinical trial to evaluate the effects of an eight-week emotion regulation group intervention designed for adolescents (16-20 years old) on the levels of emotion dysregulation both self-reported by the adolescent and reported by his/her parent/caregiver (pre-post comparison). The long-term effect will also be measured at a third-time point, three months after the end of the intervention. The intervention will consist of 90-minute sessions once a week for 8 weeks, in groups of eight participants. The intervention proposed for this study is an adaptation from different interventions already in use for adolescents in clinical practice, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) and Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI).
Investigators
Camille Nemitz Piguet
MD, PhD, PD
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged between 16 to 20 years old.
- •\> 4 criteria of borderline symptoms (out of the 9 listed in the DSM-5) including emotional liability
- •French speaking
- •Availability during the whole study
- •Willingness in participating to the intervention and the research
- •Informed consent read and signed
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current hospitalization
- •Psychotic disorder
- •Severe and persistent substance addiction
- •Antisocial personality disorder
- •Inability to participate in group sessions
- •Current pregnancy
- •Non-French speaking
- •Previous enrolment into the current study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes from Baseline in Difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS)
Time Frame: V3 (3 months after the intervention)
36 items self-report scale: Higher scores suggest greater problems with emotion regulation.
Changes from Baseline in Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI)
Time Frame: V3 (3 months after the intervention)
Informant-report measure of emotion dysregulation
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes from Baseline in parent-report Family Attitude Scale (FAS)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in self-report Strength & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in parent-report Strength & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills (KIMS)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale (P-PASS)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))
- Changes from Baseline in self-report Family Attitude Scale (FAS)(V3 (3 months after the intervention))