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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood

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Promoting adaptive emotion regulation and coping in adolescence: a school-based programme.

Andrea B Horn¹, Patrick Pössel, Martin Hautzinger

¹University of Zurich, Switzerland. a.horn@psychologie.uzh.ch

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Summary

Adolescent health promotion benefits from adaptive emotion regulation. Expressive writing and psycho-education improved negative affect, grades, and attendance in a school prevention program.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Health Promotion
Adolescent Development

Background:

Fostering adaptive emotion regulation is crucial for adolescent health promotion.
Expressive writing combined with psycho-education on emotion regulation is a promising approach.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of a prevention program combining expressive writing and emotion regulation psycho-education.
To assess the impact on psychosocial adjustment in adolescents.

Main Methods:

Randomized controlled trial assigning school classes to either a prevention group (N=208) or a control group (N=151).
The prevention group received expressive writing and psycho-education on emotion regulation.

Main Results:

The prevention group demonstrated significant improvements in negative affect compared to the control group.
Significant improvements were also observed in academic grades and reduced days of absence in the prevention group.

Conclusions:

Combining expressive writing with emotion regulation psycho-education is an effective preventive strategy for adolescents.
This intervention appears to enhance psychosocial adjustment by establishing functional emotion regulation strategies.