Big Feelings: A Study on Children's Emotions in Therapy

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Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Mood Disorders, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Regulation, Emotion, Child Behavior Disorders, Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about how psychotherapy works for children and adolescents aged 8 - 15 with anxiety, depression, trauma, or disruptive behaviour. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is the biobehavioural regulation of negative emotion a transdiagnostic mechanism of treatment response in psychotherapy for children with anxiety, depression, trauma and/or disruptive behaviour? Children and their parents will be randomly assigned to an evidence-based, transdiagnostic treatment (the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Conduct Problems; MATCH-ADTC) or a waitlist control condition. Participants in both groups will complete a baseline assessment, weekly measures consisting of brief symptom scales and medication tracking, and quarterly assessments every 3 months. Following the intervention/waitlist period, our team will conduct post-test assessments. All assessments, except for the weekly surveys, will consist of symptom scales, clinical interviews, experimental tasks and physiological measures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05637320

Run by

University of Guelph

People needed

202

Starts

2022-10-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-29

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Child must be between the ages of 8 and 15 years old and have English proficiency
• Parents must be over the age of 18 and have English proficiency
• Must be seeking psychosocial treatment for concerns related to anxiety, depression, or disruptive behaviours

You may not qualify if…

• Child has low cognitive functioning that would prevent active participation in research tasks
• Child reports active suicidality that requiring acute care or hospital intervention
• Child meets criteria for psychosis, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, eating disorders or autism spectrum disorders
• Child does not assent to participate in the study

Where it is running

• Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology — Guelph, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)
• The Centre for Addition and Mental Health — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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