2024
Trial protocol for the Building Resilience through Socio-Emotional Training (ReSET) programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a new transdiagnostic preventative intervention for adolescents
Viding E, Lloyd A, Law R, Martin P, Lucas L, Wu T, Steinbeis N, Midgley N, Veenstra R, Smith J, Ly L, Bird G, Murphy J, Plans D, Munafo M, Penton-Voak I, Deighton J, Richards K, Richards M, Fearon P. Trial protocol for the Building Resilience through Socio-Emotional Training (ReSET) programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a new transdiagnostic preventative intervention for adolescents. Trials 2024, 25: 143. PMID: 38395922, PMCID: PMC10885387, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-07931-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health problemsPost-interventionPreventive interventionsCluster randomised controlled trialPrevent mental health problemsHealth problemsRates of mental health disordersCluster-randomised designCommunication skills trainingTransdiagnostic preventive interventionMental health disordersSchool year levelRandomised controlled trialsSubgroup of participantsDiscussionThis projectScalable interventionsEmotional processingFollow-upMental wellbeingWeekly sessionsFocus groupsHealth disordersGroup-basedAssessed pre-Individual sessions
2020
Emotion regulation in adolescents: Influences of internal representations of relationships – An ERP study
Desatnik A, Bel-Bahar T, Taylor L, Nolte T, Crowley MJ, Fonagy P, Fearon P. Emotion regulation in adolescents: Influences of internal representations of relationships – An ERP study. International Journal Of Psychophysiology 2020, 160: 1-9. PMID: 33278467, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialEmotion regulationIndividual differencesInternal representationEmotion regulation strategiesExperience of emotionEvent Related PotentialsSample of adolescentsExpressive suppressionSocial cognitionERP studyNeural correlatesRegulation strategiesER taskEmotional responsesDevelopmental variablesRelated potentialsObject relationsIndividual's abilityAdolescentsEmotionsPositive potentialsClinical implicationsCognitionFirst study
2018
Neural correlates of children’s emotion understanding
Bennett S, Larkin H, Pincham H, Carman S, Fearon P. Neural correlates of children’s emotion understanding. Developmental Neuropsychology 2018, 43: 329-344. PMID: 29521525, DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1432055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialChildren's emotion understandingEmotion understandingNeural correlatesSocial information processingCognitive processesStory TaskEmotional tasksEmotional contentEEG paradigmExperiment 1Experiment 2Information processingPositive potentialsTaskChildrenCorrelatesParadigmUnderstandingProcessingStudy
2017
Emotional eating and instructed food-cue processing in adolescents: An ERP study
Wu J, Willner CJ, Hill C, Fearon P, Mayes LC, Crowley MJ. Emotional eating and instructed food-cue processing in adolescents: An ERP study. Biological Psychology 2017, 132: 27-36. PMID: 29097149, PMCID: PMC5801158, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsNonfood cuesFood cuesLate positive potential (LPP) event-related potentialsAutomatic emotional responsesEmotional eating behaviorFood cue processingFronto-central regionsHigh-density EEG recordingsSelf-reported dataLPP amplitudesCognitive resourcesAttention systemMood inductionERP studyEmotional eatingEmotional responsesEating behaviorsNetwork activationCuesAdolescentsGreater EELow eeExploratory analysisEEG recordingsEmotion regulation in adolescents: An ERP study
Desatnik A, Bel-Bahar T, Nolte T, Crowley M, Fonagy P, Fearon P. Emotion regulation in adolescents: An ERP study. Biological Psychology 2017, 129: 52-61. PMID: 28803782, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialEvent Related PotentialsExpressive suppressionEmotion regulationEmotion regulation studiesEmotion regulation strategiesHealthy adolescentsEmotion regulation taskNegative emotional experiencesNeural indicatorsERP studyNeural correlatesRegulation strategiesEmotional experienceRegulation taskRelated potentialsAdolescentsPrevious findingsPositive potentialsInfluence of ageFirst studySpecific formTime windowTaskFindings
2016
Altered engagement of autobiographical memory networks in adult offspring of postnatally depressed mothers
Macdonald B, Murray L, Moutsiana C, Fearon P, Cooper P, Halligan S, Johnstone T. Altered engagement of autobiographical memory networks in adult offspring of postnatally depressed mothers. Biological Psychology 2016, 118: 147-153. PMID: 27208693, PMCID: PMC4962770, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral prefrontal cortexAutobiographical memoryPrefrontal cortexEmotional autobiographical memoriesRight middle frontal gyrusMaternal depressionPleasant autobiographical memoriesAutobiographical memory systemAutobiographical memory networkPosterior brain regionsMiddle temporal gyrusMiddle frontal gyrusRight frontal poleAutobiographical recallAltered engagementRecordings of participantsPositive situationsLateral prefrontalPrefrontal regulationFrontal gyrusGreater activationNeural mechanismsPND mothersTemporal gyrusNegative situations
2014
Making an effort to feel positive: insecure attachment in infancy predicts the neural underpinnings of emotion regulation in adulthood
Moutsiana C, Fearon P, Murray L, Cooper P, Goodyer I, Johnstone T, Halligan S. Making an effort to feel positive: insecure attachment in infancy predicts the neural underpinnings of emotion regulation in adulthood. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2014, 55: 999-1008. PMID: 24397574, PMCID: PMC4263234, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant attachment statusEmotion regulationNeural underpinningsEmotional statesAttachment statusMother-infant relationshipCognitive controlNeural respondingPositive emotionsInsecure attachmentPositive affectInfant attachmentNeural substratesPrefrontal regionsGreater activationPrefrontal cortexNeural circuitryLongitudinal studyYoung adultsAnimal researchHuman developmentAffectAge 22Human adaptationEarly experience
2013
The longitudinal development of emotion regulation capacities in children at risk for externalizing disorders
Halligan S, Cooper P, Fearon P, Wheeler S, Crosby M, Murray L. The longitudinal development of emotion regulation capacities in children at risk for externalizing disorders. Development And Psychopathology 2013, 25: 391-406. PMID: 23627952, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579412001137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation capacitiesMaternal sensitivityEmotion regulationRegulation capacityChildren's emotion regulationPoor emotion regulationEmotional regulation capacitySensitive maternal behaviorLower maternal sensitivityDirect observational assessmentsNegative emotionsInsensitive parentingPsychosocial adversityDevelopmental influencesBehavioral problemsLow-risk counterpartsHigh-risk childrenObservational assessmentLongitudinal studyLongitudinal developmentMaternal behaviorCausal roleStages of assessmentChildrenEarly infancy
2010
Theory of mind and attentional bias to facial emotional expressions: A preliminary study
RIBEIRO L, FEARON P. Theory of mind and attentional bias to facial emotional expressions: A preliminary study. Scandinavian Journal Of Psychology 2010, 51: 285-289. PMID: 20132463, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00797.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial emotional expressionsEmotional expressionAttentional biasMind skillsMental statesSuccessful social interactionsTheory of mindMind abilitiesPreferential attentionSocial anxietyNegative facesEmotion recognitionNegative valenceNeutral objectsPoor theorySocial competenceInterpersonal interactionsCommunication cuesPotential adaptive roleSocial interactionSocial environmentStudy hypothesesSkillsCurrent studyEssential skills