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Article History

Received: 23 March 2021

Accepted: 4 May 2021

First Online: 21 June 2021

Declarations

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: The ethics approval for the study was given by the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK;), reference number 28761 Echo/REK sør-øst B. The consent obtained from the study participants is written. Parents of children who are interested in group participation can go to the ECHO website where detailed information sheets and electronic consent forms are found during the participant recruitment phase of each data collection wave. For a child to participate in the study, both parents must complete an electronic consent form on behalf of the child (sole-custodians may consent alone on behalf of the child). We anticipate a relatively low risk of harm for participating, as EMOTION is based largely on known effective methods for treating anxiety and depressive symptoms (i.e., cognitive behavioral therapy) and to our knowledge no risks of harm are reported for the other factors in the study. RBUP East and South and the Norwegian Center for Research Data have also made a Data Protection Impact Assessment that is approved by all participating centers.

: Not applicable.

: Kristin Martinsen receives royalties from the sale of the Norwegian version of the EMOTION program manuals and workbooks. None of the other authors have competing interests related to the publication of this protocol.