Study protocol for a randomised-controlled study on emotion regulation training for adolescents with major depression: the KONNI study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Major depression (MD) often has its onset during adolescence and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. One important factor for the development and maintenance of adolescent MD are disturbances in emotion regulation and the underlying neural processes. Cognitive reappraisal (CR) is a particular adaptive emotion regulation strategy. Previously, it has been shown in healthy adults that a task-based training in CR is efficient to reduce negative affect, and that these effects translate into everyday life.This randomised controlled trial examines for the first time whether a task-based training in CR proves effective in MD adolescents. Specifically, we will investigate whether the CR training improves the ability to downregulate negative affect in MD indi

SUBMITTER: Greimel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485251 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature