title: [Dysfunctional emotion regulation as a basic factor of anxiety and depressive disorders in adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders in adolescents and show high comorbidity. The aim of the current study was to investigate emotion regulation as a conjoint as well as restricting factor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Matched samples of depressive and anxious adolescents and a control group (12-16 years; n = 60) were compared for their emotion regulation. Analyses of variance and t-tests were used to analyse group differences in emotion regulation. Individual differences in regulation strategies between the two types of disorders were analysed exploratorily.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicate more dysfunctional emotion regulation in anxious and depressive adolescents compared to a control group. Neither dysfunctional emotion regulation in sum, nor single strategies differentiated between the two disorder groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identification and modification of dysfunctional emotion regulation in anxious and depressive adolescents can support future prevention and intervention.
authors: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen. angelika.kullik@uni-bremen.de
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authors: Kullik
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authors: Petermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests