The present study aims to bridge the gap in knowledge between the risk factors for CD and the developmental pathways to pyschopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and antisocial behaviour. The central question is whether antisocial and…
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- Personality disorders and disturbances in behaviour
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Children who meet the determined in- and exclusion criteria will receive an
information letter including a registration form, which they can send to the
University. Children who send back the registration form will be contacted to
make an appointment.
Control participants will be approached on the matter by secondary
schools (e.g., Maastricht, Heerlen and Sittard). We will make an appointment
with the headmaster(s) to explain our study and to ask for permission to
hand-out information letters and registration forms in the classes . The
students can send the form back to the university if they want to participate
and will afterwards be contacted.
Secondary outcome
not applicable
Background summary
Children with Conduct Disorder (CD) constitute a very heterogenous group. They
differ in age of onset and can present with a range of behaviours from
antisocial behaviour up to psychopathic tendencies (CU-traits). Children with
CD often experience a number of psychological and social impairments. Further
biological factors seem to be important. So far three groups of children with
CD could be distinguished: Childhood-onset CD with CU-traits, Childhood-onset
CD without CU-traits and Adolescent-onset CD. However, little is known about
the developmental pathways of CD, and about how antisocial personality disorder
and psychopathy develop from CD. Therefore, it is essential to investigate the
potential environmental, psychosocial and biological risk factors for CD. Only
in this way it will be possible to identify different pathways.
Study objective
The present study aims to bridge the gap in knowledge between the risk factors
for CD and the developmental pathways to pyschopathy, antisocial personality
disorder, and antisocial behaviour. The central question is whether antisocial
and psychopathic traits can be identified in childhood.
Study design
The present longitudinal study will consist of two measurement points with a
three year follow-up period. At both measurement points participants will be
asked to attend to three different sessions. They will have to fill in a number
of questionnaires which will be alternated with (neuro)-psychological tasks, an
IQ-test and/or a diagnostic interview respectively. The measures offer
information about psychosocial factors (e.g., emotion processing),
environmental factors (e.g., maltreatment), and biological factors (frontal
lobe functioning). Each session will take about 2 hours.
Study burden and risks
The present study does not incorporate any health risks for the participants.
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6200 MD Maastricht
NL
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Inclusion criteria
Group 1: Conduct Disorder, childhood-onset type (before the age of 10), with CU-traits;Group 2: Conduct Disorder, childhood-onset type (before the age of 10), without CU-traits ;Group 3: Conduct Disorder, adolescence-onset type (after the age of 10);Group 4: absence of psychiatric disorders (control group)
Exclusion criteria
Group 1: psychiatric disorders other than CD (with the exception of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)), absence of CU-triats, IQ lower than 80, brain damage, drug and /or alcohol use 24 hours before testing;Group 2: psychiatric disorders other than CD (with the exception of ODD), presence of CU-triats, IQ lower than 80, brain damage, drug and /or alcohol use 24 hours before testing;Group 3: psychiatric disorders other than CD (with the exception of ODD), diagnosis of CD before age 10, presence of CU-traits, IQ lower than 80, brain damage, drug and /or alcohol use 24 hours before testing;Group 4: presence of any psychiatric disorder including CD, presence of CU-triats, IQ lower than 80, brain damage, drug and /or alcohol use 24 hours before testing
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL15125.068.06 |