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Big Feelings: A Study on Children's Emotions in Therapy

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05637320

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : December 5, 2022

Last Update Posted : March 19, 2024

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Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Kristel Thomassin, University of Guelph

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 31, 2027
Estimated Study Completion Date :	December 31, 2027

Publications:

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Weisz JR, Vaughn-Coaxum RA, Evans SC, Thomassin K, Hersh J, Ng MY, Lau N, Lee EH, Raftery-Helmer JN, Mair P. Efficient Monitoring of Treatment Response during Youth Psychotherapy: The Behavior and Feelings Survey. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2020 Nov-Dec;49(6):737-751. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1547973. Epub 2019 Jan 18.

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Eisenberg N, Hofer C, Spinrad TL, Gershoff ET, Valiente C, Losoya SH, Zhou Q, Cumberland A, Liew J, Reiser M, Maxon E. Understanding mother-adolescent conflict discussions: concurrent and across-time prediction from youths' dispositions and parenting. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 2008;73(2):vii-viii, 1-160. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2008.00470.x.

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McLeod BD, Weisz JR. The therapy process observational coding system-alliance scale: measure characteristics and prediction of outcome in usual clinical practice. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005 Apr;73(2):323-33. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.323.

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