Thomson Abigail, Lawrence Erin G, Oliver Bonamy R, Wright Ben, Hosang Georgina M
Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
BMJ Open. 2024 Apr 23;14(4):e081556. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081556.
Research suggests that problems with emotion regulation, that is, how a person manages and responds to an emotional experience, are related to a range of psychological disorders (eg, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression). Interventions targeting emotion regulation have been shown to improve mental health in adults, but evidence on related interventions for adolescents is still emerging. Increasingly, self-directed digital interventions (eg, mobile apps) are being developed to target emotion regulation in this population, but questions remain about their effectiveness. This systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence on current self-directed digital interventions available to adolescents (aged 11-18 years) and their effectiveness in addressing emotion regulation, psychopathology and functioning (eg, academic achievement).
Several electronic databases will be searched (eg, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, ACM Digital Library) to identify all studies published any time after January 2010 examining self-directed digital interventions for adolescents, which include an emotion regulation component. This search will be updated periodically to identify any new relevant research from the selected databases. Data on the study characteristics (eg, author(s)) and methodology, participant characteristics (eg, age) and the digital interventions used to address emotion (dys-)regulation (eg, name, focus) will be extracted. A narrative synthesis of all studies will be presented. If feasible, the effectiveness data will be synthesised using appropriate statistical techniques. The methodological quality of the included studies will be assessed with the Effective Public Health Practice Project quality assessment tool.
Ethical approval is not required for this study. Findings will be disseminated widely via peer-reviewed publications and presentations at conferences related to this field.
PROSPERO CRD42022385547.
研究表明，情绪调节问题，即一个人如何管理和应对情绪体验，与一系列心理障碍（如双相情感障碍、焦虑症和抑郁症）有关。针对情绪调节的干预措施已被证明可改善成年人的心理健康，但针对青少年的相关干预措施的证据仍在不断涌现。越来越多的针对这一人群情绪调节的自我导向数字干预措施（如移动应用程序）正在被开发出来，但关于其有效性的问题仍然存在。本系统评价旨在综合目前可供青少年（11至18岁）使用的自我导向数字干预措施及其在解决情绪调节、精神病理学和功能（如学业成绩）方面的有效性的证据。
将检索多个电子数据库（如MEDLINE、PsycINFO、ACM数字图书馆），以识别2010年1月以后发表的所有研究，这些研究考察了针对青少年的自我导向数字干预措施，其中包括情绪调节成分。该检索将定期更新，以识别所选数据库中的任何新的相关研究。将提取关于研究特征（如作者）和方法、参与者特征（如年龄）以及用于解决情绪（失）调节的数字干预措施（如名称、重点）的数据。将对所有研究进行叙述性综合。如果可行，将使用适当的统计技术对有效性数据进行综合。将使用有效公共卫生实践项目质量评估工具评估纳入研究的方法学质量。
本研究无需伦理批准。研究结果将通过同行评审出版物和在该领域相关会议上的报告广泛传播。
PROSPERO CRD42022385547。
