Active condition: Emotion Regulation Training + care as usual
Conditions
Interventions
The Emotion Regulation Training (ERT) is a skills-training (17 weekly sessions of 1,75 hours as weel as one session for significant others) based on psycho-education, cognitive behavioural principles,
Sponsors
University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG - MTA bureau);
Accare, University Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Groningen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 14-18 years; 2. Emotion regulation problems; 3. Some self-awareness; 4. Sufficient internal motivation; 5. Willing to share his or her experiences in a group; 6. Environment is rather stable; 7. Capable to join a group-session without agressive behaviour; 8. No substance abuse and self-mutilating behaviour during the session.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: If the adolescent does not meet the inclusion criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (BPDSI and BPDSI - parent version): a semi-structured interview based on the DSM-IV classification of psychopathology. Trained psychologists will conduct this semi-structured interview; 2. VERS-scale: to measure negative as well as positive behaviour in a certain period. This questionnaire is to be completed by the adolescent as well as the parents. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaires completed by the adolescents as well as the parents: 1. Frequency list of Emotion Regulation Problems (F-ERP); 2. Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF): present level of funcioning (axis V of DSM-IV); 3. MALC-ERT: list of 18 items to draw up an inventory of cognitions on emotional dysregulation (locus of control); 4. Child Behaviour Checlist (CBCL): consists of 118 items describing a wide domain of behaviour problems of children. Questionnaire only to be completed bij parents: Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index (NOSI; Parental Stress Index): to measure stress in parents (124 items). Questionnaire only to be completed by the adolescent: Healthcare consumption: a short list to be completed weekly during the training, about different types of healthcare being used in the last week (e.a.: primay healthcare, emergency rooms, crisis contact psychiatry department. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactH.M. Schuppert
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 30001
Outcome results
None listed