A meta-analysis of emotional regulation outcomes in psychological interventions for youth with depression and anxiety

Alexander R. Daros (), Sasha A. Haefner, Shayan Asadi, Sharifa Kazi, Terri Rodak and Lena C. Quilty
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Alexander R. Daros: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sasha A. Haefner: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Shayan Asadi: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sharifa Kazi: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Terri Rodak: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lena C. Quilty: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, vol. 5, issue 10, 1443-1457

Abstract: Abstract Difficulties in applying emotional regulation (ER) skills are associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, and are common targets of treatment. This meta-analysis examined whether improvements in ER skills were associated with psychological treatment outcomes for depression and/or anxiety in youth. A multivariate, random-effects meta-analysis was run using metafor in R. Inclusion criteria included studies that were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of a psychological intervention for depression and/or anxiety in patients aged 14–24, were peer reviewed, were written in English, measured depression and/or anxiety symptoms as an outcome and measured ER as an outcome. Medline, Embase, APA PsycInfo, CINAHL and The Cochrane Library were searched up to 26 June 2020. Risk of bias (ROB) was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias 2.0 tool. The meta-analysis includes 385 effect sizes from 90 RCTs with total N = 11,652. Psychological treatments significantly reduced depression, anxiety, emotion dysregulation (k = 13, Hedges’ g = 0.54, P

Date: 2021
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