emotion regulation - Digital Youth https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/tag/emotion-regulation/ Nurturing young digital minds Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:42:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Purrble research published in Nature Medicine https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/purrble-research-published-in-nature-medicine/ https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/purrble-research-published-in-nature-medicine/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:42:34 +0000 https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/?p=2772 An interactive robotic plushie called ‘Purrble’ could improve anxiety and depressive symptoms in LGBTQ+ young people.

The research, published in Nature Medicine, also found that participants were twice as likely to see improvements in symptoms of anxiety, and more likely to see improvements to their emotional regulation.

Results were compared with a group who had only created a safety plan – a tool commonly used by mental health practitioners to help navigate urges of self-harm.

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]]> https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/purrble-research-published-in-nature-medicine/feed/ 0 Purrble: The Research So Far https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/purrble-the-research-so-far/ https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/purrble-the-research-so-far/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:03:41 +0000 https://digitalyouth.ac.uk/?p=1693 Within this sector of mental health research, I have been collaborating as a part of the Digital Youth research programme and Sprouting Minds group, with researchers Jess, Petr and Ellen, who work with a co-designed fluffy robot called Purrble. This robot is currently being used as an emotion regulation intervention for young people who may be struggling with self-harm.

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