ABSTRACT
This study aimed to develop and validate a brief emotion regulation training program that improved mental well-being. The program was preventative in nature, designed to build resilience while fostering more satisfying personal and professional relationships in a community sample. It was developed and piloted with 10 graduate students during Study 1; for Study 2, a community sample of 75 adults were randomly allocated to either a treatment (n = 38) or control (n = 37) group. In the pilot program, the social validity of the program was confirmed, while study 2 demonstrated significant changes in positive coping techniques (i.e., reappraisal) at one-year follow-up in the treatment group when compared with the control. These findings may have broad implications in the health sector due to the brevity, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of this newly designed intervention.
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Sara LeBlanc
Sara LeBlanc was an instructor at The Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney, Australia.
Bilge Uzun
Bilge Uzun is an associate professor at Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
Katere Pourseied
Katere Pourseied a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Northampton, United Kingdom.
Changiz Mohiyeddini
Changiz Mohiyeddini is an associate professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.