Emotion Regulation Group Skills Training for Adolescents and Parents: A Randomized Controlled Study in a Clinical Setting
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Region Östergötland
- Enrollment
- 119
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To evaluate if emotion regulation group therapy skills training for adolescents and parents is an efficacious treatment when delivered as adjunctive to treatment as usual compared to a control group consisting of treatment as usual.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 14 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months
Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale measures difficulties with emotion regulation. It contains a total of 36 items that are rated on a Likert scale between 1-5. Total score ranges between 36-180 with higher scores indicating more difficulties with emotion regulation. The scale has 6 subscales: nonacceptance (ranging from 6-30); goals (ranging from 5-25); impulse (ranging from 6-30); awareness (ranging from 6-30); strategies (ranging from 8-40) and clarity (ranging from 5-25).
Secondary Outcomes
- Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI)(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
- Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, self-report version (MADRS-S).(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
- Global Assessment Scale for Children (C-GAS)(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
- Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life (BBQ)(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
- Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
- Levels of Emotional Awareness (LEAS-C)(Change from baseline at 7 weeks and at 3 months)
Investigators
Maria Zetterqvist
Principal Investigator
Region Östergötland