Project

Transdiagnostic mechanisms in youth mental health: emotion regulation as the stepping stone for enhancing wellbeing

Code

G0E9217N

Duration

01 January 2017 → 31 December 2018

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Caroline Braet

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Clinical and counselling psychology
- Developmental psychology and ageing
- General psychology
- Other psychology and cognitive sciences
Medical and health sciences
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Nursing
- Other paramedical sciences
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy

Keywords

adolescents Emotion regulation prevention program

Project description

This project investigates the role of emotion regulation(ER) as a transdiagnotic mechanism in youth mental health. A randomized controlled trial is used to examine the effects of a prevention program on adolescents in the first year of junior high, with expected results on mental health and academic achievement.Furthermore, the effects of diverse ER strategieën are investigated in an experimental study.