ERIC Number: EJ1484029
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-587X
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3289
Available Date: 2024-05-08
Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Children and Youth Emotion Regulation: A Meta-Analysis
Kristin Espenes1,2; Anita J. Tørmoen3; Kristian Rognstad1,2; Karianne H. Nilsen1; Pamela M. Waaler1,5; Tore Wentzel-Larsen1,4; John Kjøbli1,5
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, v52 n5 p833-852 2025
To investigate the effect of psychosocial interventions on emotion regulation outcomes in children and youth (0-23 years). We conducted a meta-analysis using a three-level modeling approach extracting multiple effect-sizes from experimental and quasi-experimental studies. We included 40 interventions from 35 publications involving 3,891 participants and extracted 258 posttreatment effect sizes. Analyses were performed to assess intervention effects on emotion regulation, moderating effects of inclusion of acceptance focus and other potential moderators. Additionally, we examined intervention effects on mental health outcomes. Interventions showed a significant small-to-medium effect on emotion regulation (d = 0.37, 95% CI [0.22, 0.51], p < 0.001). Similar effects on were found regardless of acceptance-focus. Interventions significantly associated with a higher level of effect (p [less than or equal to] 0.045) included ACT, DBT, CBT and behavior parent training interventions. Significant small-to-medium effects were found for mental health outcomes (d = 0.39, 95% CI [0.25, 0.53], p < 0.001), with a correlation of 0.56 between overall outcomes across domains. Meta-regression results indicated that psychosocial interventions are moderately effective in improving emotion regulation, with no significant difference in inclusion of acceptance-focus. Findings suggest that emotion regulation is a transdiagnostic process that may inform the development of more beneficial interventions.
Descriptors: Self Control, Emotional Response, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Check Lists, Child Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Parent Education, Behavior Modification, Psychotherapy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
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Author Affiliations: 1Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Oslo, Norway; 2University of Oslo, Department of Psychology, Oslo, Norway; 3University of Oslo, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Oslo, Norway; 4Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway; 5University of Oslo, Department of Education, Oslo, Norway

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