Improving Emotion Regulation Following Web-Based Group Intervention for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury.

OBJECTIVE

Preliminary evaluation of the efficacy of a Web-based group intervention (Online EmReg) to improve emotion regulation (ER) in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

DESIGN

Pre-/post-within-subject design with baseline, end-of-treatment, and 12-week follow-up assessments.

PARTICIPANTS

Ninety-one individuals with TBI and deficits in ER.

INTERVENTION

Twenty-four sessions of training in ER skills delivered by group videoconference.

MEASURES

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Problem Solving Inventory (PSI), Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised: Short Form (SPSI-R:S), and Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX).

RESULTS

Significant changes with large effect sizes were found for the DERS at the 12-week follow-up assessment. Significant and moderate changes were found on the SWLS, DEX, PSI, and subscales of the PANAS and SPSI-R:S.

CONCLUSIONS

Online EmReg appears to be a promising method of delivering a group intervention to improve ER following TBI.