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European Digital SEL Trial Opens: Game-Based Intervention to Boost Adolescent Social-Emotional Learning — Implications for School Health Programs

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30 May 2026

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European researchers are testing a novel game-based digital intervention to enhance social-emotional learning in 500 adolescents aged 10-16. The SEL4@ll trial could inform future school-based mental health prevention strategies.

Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov

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