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Emotion Regulation clinical trials and research

• 29Clinical trials
• 87NIH research projects
• 14Countries

Newest Emotion Regulation clinical trials

All recruiting trials (29)

• AI-based communication practice with stories from real people for pediatric nursing students

  Aimed at helping nursing students test a new teaching method that uses AI conversation simulations plus real-person narratives to improve clinical communication, empathy, and emotion regulation.

  Recruiting National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan · Taipei · NCT07637461

• Bonding Before Birth: A mobile program to support first-time expectant couples

  A mobile app trial in Singapore tests short weekly exercises for first-time expectant couples to see if it helps reduce depression and improve emotional regulation during pregnancy.

  Recruiting Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore · Singapore · NCT07483515

• Prebiotic powder to support sleep, mood, and thinking in 3–5-year-olds

  We will test whether taking 5 g/day of a prebiotic powder for 8 weeks helps sleep, temperament, emotion regulation, and thinking skills and changes gut bacteria in healthy 3–5‑year‑old children who eat less fiber than recommended.

  Recruiting University of Reading · Reading, Berkshire · NCT07401212

• Classroom mindfulness, compassion, and social-emotional programs for children in grades 3–7.

  This project will try classroom mindfulness, compassion, and social-emotional activities to help children in grades 3–7 improve attention, emotion regulation, and thinking skills.

  Recruiting at 3 sites IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris · Florence, Firenze and 3 other locations · NCT07398781

• Support program for Hong Kong–Shenzhen cross-boundary families

  This program tests whether group emotion-regulation and electronics-use sessions for Shenzhen-based parent–child pairs can help them become more resilient, reduce family conflict, and improve well-being.

  Recruiting City University of Hong Kong · Shenzhen, Guangdong · NCT07136064

• Comparing brief psychoanalytic and emotionally focused couple therapies for relationship distress

  This trial will test whether brief psychoanalytic couple therapy or emotionally focused therapy better reduces relationship problems and related depression and anxiety in heterosexual couples with moderate to severe relationship distress.

  Recruiting Beykoz University · Istanbul · NCT07100951

• Get Better Together weekend for military couples

  This program tests whether a weekend Get Better Together retreat helps military couples improve relationship skills and mental health and reduce problems like alcohol misuse, aggression, and suicide risk.

  Recruiting Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine · Bethesda, Maryland · NCT07096271

• Online treatment for emotional disorders in adults with long COVID-19

  This study is testing if an online treatment for emotional issues can help adults with long COVID-19 feel better compared to regular care.

  Recruiting Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón · Zaragoza, Zaragoza and 1 other locations · NCT06928480

• Using brain feedback to improve emotion regulation

  This study is testing if brain feedback training can help healthy people manage their negative emotions better.

  Recruiting University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Hong Kong · NCT06866028

• DBT group program for adults with emotional dysregulation across different diagnoses

  This program tries a shortened (4–5 month) DBT group course to see if it improves emotion regulation in adults (18–65) with conditions like borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, addictions, or eating disorders.

  Recruiting Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne · Saint-Etienne, Saint Priest En Jarez · NCT06577675

• Exploring how mothers' emotions affect suicide risk in children

  This study is trying to see if teaching mothers better ways to handle their emotions can help reduce the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in their children.

  Recruiting University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · NCT06463054

• Testing if friends help adolescents better manage emotions

  This study tests if having a friend helps teenagers handle their emotions better than trying to manage them on their own.

  Recruiting University of California, Los Angeles · Los Angeles, California · NCT06458920

• Mobile mental health app for young adults

  This study is testing a mobile mental health app called JoyPop to see if it can help young adults aged 18-25 who are waiting for mental health services in Northwestern Ontario manage their emotions better and get the support they need.

  Recruiting Lakehead University · Thunder Bay, Ontario · NCT06239545

• Mobile mental health app for youth

  This study tests whether the JoyPop mobile app can help young people aged 12-17 manage their emotions better while they wait for mental health services.

  Recruiting Lakehead University · Thunder Bay, Ontario · NCT06239519

• Examining how evening light and media affect children's sleep and emotions

  This study is testing how different types of evening screen time, like bright or dim lights and calming or exciting shows, affect the sleep and emotions of kids aged 8 to 11.

  Recruiting Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, Texas · NCT06192745

• Mental health app for Indigenous youth

  This study tests whether the JoyPop mental health app can help Indigenous youth in Northwestern Ontario who are waiting for mental health services manage their emotions better.

  Recruiting Lakehead University · Thunder Bay, Ontario · NCT05991154

• Smartphone training for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients

  This study tests whether smartphone training can help caregivers of Alzheimer's patients manage stress and improve their emotional well-being.

  Recruiting William Marsh Rice University · Houston, Texas · NCT05949047

• Implementing an online emotion regulation program for traumatic brain injury

  This study tests which training method helps clinicians better deliver an online program to help people with traumatic brain injury manage their emotions.

  Recruiting Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, New York · NCT05933629

• Examining emotion regulation in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury

  This study looks at how teenagers who hurt themselves without wanting to die manage their emotions compared to those who don’t, using brain scans while they watch videos that trigger feelings.

  Recruiting University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu, Sichuan · NCT05907421

• Comparing two school programs to help autistic students with anxiety

  This study is testing two school programs to see which one helps autistic kids aged 8-14 manage anxiety and improve their emotions better.

  Recruiting University of Colorado, Denver · Aurora, Colorado · NCT05863520

• Canine-assisted therapy for youth with emotional and behavioral issues

  This study is testing if a special dog therapy program can help young people in treatment centers with emotional and behavioral challenges feel better compared to standard treatment.

  Recruiting at 2 sites University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois and 1 other locations · NCT05840198

• Using dogs to help children with autism manage emotions

  This study tests whether including dogs in a treatment program can help children with autism manage their emotions better.

  Recruiting Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati · Cincinnati, Ohio · NCT05803343

• Dog training therapy program for youth with emotional and behavioral challenges

  This study is testing a dog training therapy program to see if it helps young people with emotional and behavioral challenges feel better while they receive outpatient psychiatric care.

  Recruiting University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois · NCT05788783

• Exploring profiles in adults with binge eating disorder

  This study is trying to see if different emotional and thinking patterns in adults with binge eating disorder can help predict how well they respond to treatment over time.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Aarhus University Hospital · Aarhus, Central Jutland and 2 other locations · NCT05726721

• Exploring emotion regulation strategies for suicidal servicemembers

  This study is testing a one-time session to help servicemembers who are having suicidal thoughts learn better ways to manage their emotions and see if it can reduce those thoughts over time.

  Recruiting Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio · NCT05722197

• Combining neurostimulation with emotion regulation training for emotional issues

  This study is testing if combining brain stimulation with training on how to manage emotions can help people with emotional issues feel better.

  Recruiting Duke University · Durham, North Carolina · NCT05712057

• Training adolescents with self-injury to regulate emotions using neurofeedback and biofeedback

  This study is testing whether teaching teens who self-injure to manage their emotions using special brain and body feedback can help them stop hurting themselves.

  Recruiting Region Östergötland · Linköping · NCT05656001

• How social support changes threat-related vigilance and arousal

  This study will test whether having a supportive romantic partner present reduces threat-related vigilance and physiological arousal in adults in stable relationships, and whether histories of interpersonal trauma or racial/ethnic discrimination change that effect.

  Recruiting University of Nevada, Reno · Reno, Nevada · NCT05558527

• Equine-assisted therapy for adolescents with autism who struggle with emotion regulation

  This study is testing if Equine Assisted Therapy can help teenagers with autism who have trouble managing their emotions feel better when traditional therapies haven't worked for them.

  Recruiting at 3 sites Karakter Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie · Ede, Gelderland and 2 other locations · NCT05200351

NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 87)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Emotion Regulation Help for Youth in Child Welfare to Prevent Substance Use

  A tablet-based program helps early adolescents in the child welfare system learn emotion regulation skills to reduce future substance use.

  NIH research Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, United States · NIH-11454632

• A Tablet-Based Emotion Regulation Program for Surrogate Decision-Makers of ICU Patients on Ventilation

  A randomized trial tests a brief tablet program to help people who decide for ICU patients on ventilation feel less anxious and make better decisions.

  NIH research Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, United States · NIH-11431767

• Emotion regulation in teens in outpatient treatment for co-occurring disorders

  This project studies how teens in an outpatient program for alcohol use and other mental health issues use emotion regulation skills and how this affects their treatment outcomes.

  NIH research State University of New York at Buffalo · Amherst, United States · NIH-11420521

• Helping South African teens build strong emotional control

  Researchers are learning how supportive experiences help adolescents in Cape Town develop healthy emotional control and brain resilience.

  NIH research Columbia Univ New York Morningside · New York, United States · NIH-11400236

• Peer-delivered emotion-regulation training to prevent mental health problems in firefighter trainees

  A peer-led program teaches new firefighters emotion-regulation skills to help prevent PTSD, depression, anxiety, and problematic alcohol use during the early years on the job.

  NIH research Baylor Research Institute · Dallas, United States · NIH-11394109

• Virtual Still Face and Deep Learning to Understand Infant Emotion and Caregiver Interactions

  A study using video and wearable sensors to understand how infants and their caregivers regulate emotions in real life, with advanced computer methods to analyze how they interact.

  NIH research University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, United States · NIH-11393575

• How evening screen light and content affect kids’ sleep and daytime functioning

  A study with 8- to 11-year-old children will test how watching screens at night and the type of content they see influence sleep quality and next-day thinking and emotion skills.

  NIH research Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, United States · NIH-11392211

• Sleep to calm the brain’s emotion network and ease depression and anxiety

  A Stanford-led study tests a proven sleep program to help adults with insomnia and mood symptoms feel better by potentially stabilizing the brain networks involved in emotion.

  NIH research Stanford University · Stanford, United States · NIH-11391225

• Understanding how sleep and body rhythms affect cravings and emotion control for people on opioid treatment

  This project looks at how sleep patterns and body clocks influence cravings and emotion regulation in people taking medication for opioid use disorder.

  NIH research Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital · Riverside, UNITED STATES · NIH-11385557

• Cognitive training to improve emotion control in psychotic disorders

  A smartphone-based cognitive training program is tested to help people with psychotic disorders manage their emotions more effectively.

  NIH research University of Georgia · Athens, United States · NIH-11385349

• Smartphone-based emotional regulation for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease

  A brief smartphone-based program helps unpaid family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or related dementias manage emotions and reduce stress.

  NIH research Rice University · Houston, United States · NIH-11379152

• Self-System Therapy to help older adults with advanced cancer feel less distressed and live better, delivered by telehealth

  A telehealth program tests a therapy designed to help adults 60 and older living with advanced cancer feel less distress and improve emotion regulation and quality of life.

  NIH research Duke University · Durham, United States · NIH-11365683

• Meditation app to help substance use, sexual health, and emotion control for legally involved youth

  A smartphone mindfulness app is being tested to help youths on probation manage substance use, sexual health risks, and feelings in healthy, everyday settings.

  NIH research University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, UNITED STATES · NIH-11362478

• Digital media use, anxiety, and emotion regulation in teens

  A nationwide study will follow teens and young adults to understand how daily digital media use relates to anxiety and how emotions are managed over time.

  NIH research Pennsylvania State University, the · University Park, United States · NIH-11355482

• Positive emotions may help older adults with memory problems handle stress better

  A small NIH grant will explore whether nurturing positive feelings can help older adults with mild cognitive impairment cope with stress and reduce negative mood.

  NIH research University of Rochester · Rochester, United States · NIH-11353762

• A tool to help families of ICU patients stay calm and make better decisions

  A brief, tablet-based program helps surrogate decision-makers in the ICU manage emotions and make clearer treatment choices.

  NIH research Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, United States · NIH-11345828

• Cognitive control, emotion, and suicide risk after traumatic brain injury in Veterans

  A study will look at how traumatic brain injury affects thinking, emotions, and suicide risk in Veterans, using data from both people and animal models.

  NIH research VA New Jersey Health Care System · East Orange, United States · NIH-11338054

• Optimized digital emotion-regulation program for middle schoolers

  A short digital program will teach emotion-management skills to middle school students (ages 11–14) while teachers get brief training to support learning.

  NIH research University of Oregon · Eugene, United States · NIH-11332802

• Monthly mood and emotion regulation changes linked to alcohol misuse in premenopausal women

  This project looks at whether monthly mood swings and changes in heart-rate patterns make premenopausal women more likely to misuse alcohol.

  NIH research University of Southern California · Los Angeles, UNITED STATES · NIH-11327304

• Improving emotion control in bipolar disorder with rapid noninvasive brain stimulation

  This project uses short sessions of rapid, noninvasive brain stimulation aimed at a specific brain area to help people with bipolar disorder improve control over emotions.

  NIH research Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, United States · NIH-11325293

• Understanding how caregiving affects health in neurodegenerative disease

  This study looks at how caregivers feel and cope when taking care of people with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, especially during tough moments, and it aims to find ways to help caregivers stay healthy and supported.

  NIH research Georgetown University · Washington, United States · NIH-11261329

• Understanding how aging affects emotional regulation

  This study is looking at how our emotions change as we get older, especially for those over 65, and it wants to understand what helps older adults feel happier and how past experiences with depression might play a role.

  NIH research Washington University · Saint Louis, United States · NIH-11259819

• Digital tracking of emotions and suicidal thoughts for people at high risk for psychosis

  This project uses smartphone prompts and sensor data to track emotional changes and moments of suicidal thinking in people at clinical high risk for psychosis.

  NIH research Ohio State University · Columbus, UNITED STATES · NIH-11249673

• Exploring how flexible emotion regulation affects stress and emotional disorders in ethnic minority college students

  This study looks at how college students from different ethnic backgrounds handle their feelings when faced with everyday stress, like discrimination and money worries, to see how this affects their anxiety and depression, and it aims to provide helpful insights for them.

  NIH research University of Utah · Salt Lake City, United States · NIH-11249106

• Helping mothers build emotion skills to protect their children from suicide risk

  This project teaches DBT emotion-regulation skills to mothers with past suicidal behavior to help their children (about 9–14 years old) better handle emotions and lower suicide risk.

  NIH research University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, United States · NIH-11242084

• A Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

  This project is exploring if a meditation app can help young people involved with the legal system manage their emotions, reduce substance use, and improve sexual health.

  NIH research University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, UNITED STATES · NIH-11192266

• Understanding how brain injuries affect emotions and suicide risk in veterans

  This study is looking at how traumatic brain injuries can affect thinking and emotions in veterans, which might make them more likely to think about suicide, and it aims to better understand these issues by using both animal studies and human data.

  NIH research VA New Jersey Health Care System · East Orange, United States · NIH-11186607

• How evening screen light and content affect children's sleep and mood

  This project looks at whether the light and exciting content from evening screen use makes sleep, mood, and thinking worse for children ages 8 to 11.

  NIH research Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, United States · NIH-11184308

• SAGE LEAF 2: Online positive-emotion program to ease Alzheimer's caregiver burden

  An online self-guided program that helps people caring for someone with Alzheimer's build positive-emotion skills to reduce stress and loneliness.

  NIH research Brightoutcome INC. · Buffalo Grove, United States · NIH-11181595

• Investigating how sleep issues affect emotional problems in Alzheimer's patients

  This study is looking at how sleep problems affect feelings and behavior in people with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease, and it wants to find out if helping you sleep better can improve your mood and reduce anxiety or agitation.

  NIH research Stanford University · Stanford, United States · NIH-11180635

• How sleep and your body clock affect cravings and emotions during opioid medication treatment

  This work looks at how sleep patterns and circadian rhythms relate to cravings and emotion control in people taking medications for opioid use disorder.

  NIH research Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital · Riverside, UNITED STATES · NIH-11175440

• Using home video and AI to track babies' emotions and caregiver interactions

  This project uses smartphone video, wearable sensors, and AI to measure how infants manage emotions and interact with caregivers in everyday home settings, with attention to babies at risk from prenatal substance exposure.

  NIH research University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, United States · NIH-11145933

• Helping South African children and teens build stronger emotion control and resilience

  This project looks at how supportive experiences help children and teens in South Africa manage their emotions and develop stronger, more resilient brains.

  NIH research Columbia Univ New York Morningside · New York, United States · NIH-11138645

• Smartphone brain-training to help people with psychosis manage emotions

  A smartphone-based emotional working memory training program aimed at helping people with psychotic disorders improve control over their emotions.

  NIH research University of Georgia · Athens, United States · NIH-11136921

• Smartphone training for Alzheimer's caregivers

  This project offers smartphone-based training to help unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease manage their emotions and reduce stress.

  NIH research Rice University · Houston, United States · NIH-11135487

• How breathing affects emotions and anxiety

  This project is looking at how brain circuits that control breathing influence anxiety, fear, and panic to help people with anxiety-related problems.

  NIH research University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, United States · NIH-11128804

• Peer-led emotion regulation training for new firefighters

  This project offers peer-delivered training to help new firefighter trainees build emotion-regulation skills to reduce risk for PTSD, alcohol problems, depression, and related harms.

  NIH research Baylor Research Institute · Dallas, United States · NIH-11125734

• Using sleep therapy to help mood and anxiety

  This program uses a proven cognitive-behavioral sleep treatment to help adults with insomnia who also have elevated depression or anxiety improve their sleep and emotional control.

  NIH research Stanford University · Stanford, United States · NIH-11124711

• Understanding Digital Media, Anxiety, and Emotion in Teens

  This project looks at how digital media use, like social media, affects anxiety and emotion management in teenagers.

  NIH research Pennsylvania State University, the · University Park, United States · NIH-11121052

• Improving emotion regulation in bipolar disorder using brain stimulation

  This study is looking at whether a special type of brain stimulation can help people with bipolar disorder better manage their emotions, and it’s for anyone who wants to find new ways to feel more stable and improve their daily life.

  NIH research Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, United States · NIH-11105794

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How many Emotion Regulation clinical trials are recruiting right now?

29, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 14 countries. The most sites are in United States (13 trials), Canada (3 trials), China (2 trials), Netherlands (1 trial), Spain (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

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