Investigating the effects of a novel gamified cognitive training on adolescent mental health

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Background Adolescence is a time of increased emotional volatility, with emotion regulation still developing. Training the cognitive substrate successful has been shown to benefit adolescents’ mental health. However, training interventions often have low adherence rates in this age group. The current study therefore trialled novel gamified program adolescents. Methods A longitudinal was conducted throughout 2023 where 144 culturally diverse adolescents (13–16 years, 48% female) completed 12 days either affective control program, Social Brain Train (SBT), or standard non-gamified (AffeCT). Participants also health and mechanisms change questionnaires at baseline, post-training, 1-month follow-up, as well behavioural interpretation bias measures baseline post-training. Results total minutes spent did not differ significantly across two groups. assigned SBT training, however, engage more sessions than participants AffeCT training. Additionally, all showed improvements performance reduction rumination from observed persisted follow-up. Conclusions As engagement most difficult thing achieve adolescents, observing greater repeated promising, given on these apps entirely self-motivated. Observing benefits reduced tendencies after very limited factors previously linked improved symptoms among present findings suggest there may be merit using gamification techniques improve design future programs, employing affective, cognitive, abilities

Language: Английский

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Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recommendations

SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Neuroanatomy Reflects Individual Variability in Impulsivity in Youth

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 23, 2025

A bstract Individual differences in neural circuits underlying emotional regulation, motivation, and decision-making are implicated many psychiatric illnesses. Interindividual variability these may manifest, at least part, as individual impulsivity both normative clinically significant levels. Impulsivity reflects a tendency towards rapid, unplanned reactions to internal or external stimuli without considering potential negative consequences coupled with difficulty inhibiting responses. Here, we use multivariate brain-based predictive models explore the bases of across multiple behavioral scales, neuroanatomical features (cortical thickness, surface area, gray matter volume), sexes (females males) large sample youth from Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study baseline (n=9,099) two-year follow-up (n=6,432). is significantly associated variability, associations vary scales features. broadly maps onto cortical thickness dispersed regions (e.g., inferior frontal, lateral occipital, superior entorhinal), well area volume specific medial parahippocampal, cingulate) polar frontal temporal) territories. Importantly, while relationships stable time points, others sex-specific dynamic. These results highlight complexity between neuroanatomy features, sexes, points youth. findings suggest that neuroanatomy, combination other biological environmental factors, key driver As such, markers help identify increased risk for developing impulsivity-related Furthermore, this work emphasizes importance adopting multidimensional approach neuroimaging research.

Language: Английский

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Real-world flexibility in adolescent girls’ emotion regulation strategy selection: An investigation of strategy switching

Development and Psychopathology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 36(1), P. 181 - 195

Published: Dec. 12, 2022

Abstract Adolescence is an important stage for the development of emotion regulation skills, especially adolescent girls who are at elevated risk depression and anxiety. Although some strategies more effective helping adolescents regulate negative affect on average, research indicates strategy effectiveness varies with context in which a deployed. Yet less work has been done examining contextual factors associated switching their daily lives. This study examined individual related to interpersonal events that effectiveness, including age, emotional intensity, perceived controllability, co-regulatory support, association life via ecological momentary assessment. Results indicated differed degree they altered throughout lives, was age as well within-person differences support. provides critical proof-of-concept utility measure regulatory flexibility highlights processes may hold clues mechanisms developmental psychopathology.

Language: Английский

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Mediation effect of emotional self-regulation in the relationship between physical activity and subjective well-being in Chilean adolescents

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: Aug. 17, 2023

Abstract Adolescents' subjective well-being and physical activity have been found to be correlated in previous studies. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship, especially potential contribution emotional self-regulation, received little attention. This study aims investigate extent which self-regulation mediates association between adolescent habits their well-being. The involved 9585 adolescents who completed a cross-sectional survey. Participants were aged 10 19 years old attended primary secondary schools all 16 regions Chile. survey utilized self-report questionnaire measure habits, well-being, self-regulation. Sociodemographic variables, such as age, gender, socioeconomic level, also considered analysis. results showed that regulation, positively correlated. Among these factors, strongest was mediation analysis revealed partial effect In other words, affect These findings provide valuable insights into link among adolescents. They offer useful information for development public programs policies aimed at promoting young people.

Language: Английский

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