Table 3.

Random effect models and sub-group analyses with emotion regulation as outcome

Reduced data set	m	k	n	Hedges g	95% CI	p (z test)	Q	p (Q)	T2	I2 (%)
Emotion regulation	13	12	1513	0.36	0.14, 0.58	0.00	66.56	0.00	0.010	70.80
Emotion regulation by
Intervention
CBT intervention	8	8	969	0.45	0.15, 0.75		35.96	0.00	0.12	71.32
ER intervention	4	4	269	0.22	− 0.15, 0.58		58.86	0.06	0.08	58.86
Control group
Active control	8	8	521	0.20	− 0.01, 0.42		9.99	0.19	0.03	32.10
Passive control	5	4	992	0.57	0.22, 0.93		25.71	0.00	0.12	77.35
Quality rating
Strong	1	1	82	0.53	0.09, 0.96		0.00			–
Moderate	7	7	1148	0.29	− 0.07, 0.65		63.03	0.00	0.19	84.30
Weak	5	4	283	0.44	0.20, 0.68		1.82	0.77	0.00	0.00
Full-data set
Emotion regulation	14	13	1538	0.43	0.18, 0.69	0.00	77.82	0.00	0.16	77.89
Emotion regulation by
Intervention
CBT intervention	7	7	969	0.58	0.30, 0.85		59.96	0.00	0.07	59.96
ER intervention	5	5	321	0.57	− 0.17, 1.32		23.53	0.00	0.63	90.13
Control group
Active control	9	9	546	0.37	0.01, 0.73		26.64	0.00	0.22	75.35
Passive control	5	4	992	0.57	0.22, 0.93		25.71	0.00	0.12	77.35
Quality rating
Strong	1	1	82	0.53	0.09, 0.96		0.00			–
Moderate	7	7	1148	0.29	− 0.07, 0.65		63.03	0.00	0.19	84.30
Weak	5	4	308	0.63	0.16, 1.10		14.38	0.01	0.24	72.89