Adolescent mental health and emotion regulation Mental and Behavioural Disorders N/A
Conditions
Interventions
Training procedure and timeline
The study will have two training arms. An active Affective Control Training (AC-Training) and a placebo training (P-Training). The training will be admi
Sponsors
University College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 11-19 years old 2. Speak English fluently
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of traumatic head injury 2. Diagnosed neurological or neurodevelopmental disorder 3. Currently enrolled in another cognitive training intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mental health will be measured using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire before training, immediately after training, one month after training and one year after training. 2. Affective control will be measured using computerized assessments of affective inhibition, updating and shifting before training, immediately after training, one month after training and one year after training. 3. Emotion regulation will be measured with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale will be assessed before training, immediately after training, one month after training and one year after training. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Self-regulation will be assessed with the Brief version of the Self-control Scale before training, immediately after training, one month after training and one year after training. 1.1. It will also be assessed by deriving a ratio of the time spent on the most demanding versus less demanding training tasks. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed