Table 1.
The EMOTION intervention
| Child and parent sessions with objectives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Child sessions/strategies | Objectives/mechanisms targeted | Parent sessions/strategies |
| Motivation/goal setting, group cohesion, closing (S: 1, 3, 19, 20) | Collaborative relationship/focused approach | Motivation/goal setting/closing (S: 1, 7) |
| Coping through pleasant events/Emotion focused coping (S: 2, 4) | Emotion understanding and emotion regulation | Identification of feelings/Emotion focused coping (S: 4) |
| Psychoeducation: Identification of feelings, how thoughts influence feelings (S: 3, 6) | ||
| Problem-solving/Cognitive restructuring (S: 5, 7, 8, 9 & 10–18) | Information processing errors | Problem-solving/Cognitive restructuring (S: 5, 6) |
| Exposure & Behavioral activation (S: 10–18) | Withdrawal/behavioral learning | Exposure & Behavioral activation/support (S: 4, 5) |
| Building a differentiated self-schema (S: 12–16) | Self-esteem | Positive parenting/ positive reinforcement/support (S: 2, 3) |
| Parental behavior | Positive parenting/ positive reinforcement/coping modeling/support (S: 2, 3) | |
S = Session The EMOTION intervention has 20 child sessions, and 7 parent group meetings