Impact of emotion regulation on psychosocial and emotional problems in Dutch adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease

What To Know

This study used routine psychosocial screening data from three Dutch pediatric IBD centers to examine emotional and psychosocial problems in adolescents (12–17 years) with IBD.

The researchers compared Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores to Dutch population norms, estimated prevalence of elevated scores, and tested associations with emotion regulation strategies (measured with the Dutch FEEL‑KJ) and background clinical/demographic factors.

Key findings reported in the abstract: adolescents with IBD had higher psychosocial and emotional problem scores than population norms; 64.3% had elevated total difficulties and 42.9% had elevated emotional problems.

Maladaptive emotion‑regulation strategies showed a strong positive association with both outcomes, while sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were not significantly associated.

What this means for patients and families The paper highlights emotion‑regulation patterns as a potentially useful target to identify adolescents with IBD who are at higher risk for psychosocial or emotional difficulties. Screening that includes emotion‑regulation assessments could help direct timely psychosocial support or interventions.

Note on the source This classification and brief are grounded in the article abstract provided by JPGN Reports (Wiley). The abstract-level summary does not report intervention results; it describes associations observed in cross‑sectional screening data.