Changes in affective control covary with changes in mental health difficulties following affective control training (AffeCT) in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Everyday affective fluctuations are more extreme and more frequent in adolescence compared to any other time in development. Successful regulation of these affective experiences is important for good mental health and has been proposed to depend on affective control. The present study examined whether improving affective control through a computerised affective control training app (AffeCT) would benefit adolescent mental health.

Methods

One-hundred and ninety-nine participants (11-19 years) were assigned to complete 2 weeks of AffeCT or placebo training on an app. Affective control (i.e. affective inhibition, affective updating and affective shifting), mental health and emotion regulation were assessed at pre- and post-training. Mental health and emotion regulati

SUBMITTER: Schweizer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615678 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature