Emotion regulation in children and adolescents with ADHD
Project description
In this study, we aim to investigate emotion regulation in children and adolescents with ADHD in relation to peers with or without other psychiatric diagnoses. Participating children and adolescents will be asked to complete questionnaires that assess emotional reactivity and regulatory strategies. They will also complete a psychological experiment where they are shown images that have been designed to evoke emotions, which they are also instructed to regulate using an adaptive regulatory strategy. The emotional reaction will be measured using eye-tracking technology and heart rate variability as an index of the autonomic nervous system.
From your left: Johan Isaksson, Rebecka Astenvald and Matilda Frick.
Collaborative partners
The study is a collaboration with Erik Olsson at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Health Sciences and eHealth, and Johan Lundin Kleberg at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.
Chosen publications
Astenvald, R., Frick, M. A., Neufeld, J., Bölte, S., & Isaksson, J. (2022). Emotion dysregulation in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions: a co-twin control study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 16(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00528-0