title: Smiling is fun: a Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation Program.
abstract: Emotional disorders (Anxiety disorders and Mood disorders) are one of the most common health problems worldwide, and their economic costs are very high. People suffering from emotional disorders often use maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and have low coping behaviour that contributes to the presence of clinical symptoms. For this reason, it is important to develop strategies to monitor coping and promote emotion regulation in people exposed to high levels of stress. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help us in this task. Recent systematic reviews of literature on evidence-based CBT treatments delivered via the Internet show that these approaches are effective. We have developed an intervention program ICT based: Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation Program (Smiling is Fun), a self-applied program via the Internet. Smiling is Fun follows a transdiagnostic perspective, and it is based on CBT techniques. However, it also includes other psychological strategies to improve positive mood. The aim of the present work is to describe Smiling is Fun and the study designed to test its efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Jaume I, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.forename: Azucena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garcia-Palacios
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quero
authors.forename: Ma Vicenta
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riera López Del Amo
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castilla
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moragrega
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alcañiz
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Baños
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012904:Smiling; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome