Managing Emotions - Emotions under Control

Emotion regulation processes are of central importance to mental and physical health. Based on this relationship we developed the group intervention Managing Emotions: Emotions under control (German: Gefuhle im Griff), which systematically teaches participants specific emotion regulation strategies. Structure and content of the intervention program as well as preliminary results of efficacy are presented (n=18). Using the H-FERST, large effect sizes resulted for the increase of reappraisal and acceptance and for the reduction of rumination, a medium effect size could be shown for the reduction of avoidance, and a small effect size resulted for the increase of activity and social support. Overall psychopathology by means of the BSI was reduced with an effect size of d=0.63 in participants with more severe mental strain (GSI0.6).