This current research aims to comprehend the risk factors of psychopathic characteristics. Therefore, the objective of this research is exploring whether a deficit in emotional processing is a distinguishing factor between different types of…
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persoonlijkheidsstoornissen: Antisociale persoonlijkheidsstoornis en psychopathie
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Primary outcome
Subjects* permission to participate within the current study will be
administered by means of al information letter. Subjects will be asked to
complete a total of four questionnaires. Mandate by letter is requires for each
subject before starting the experiment.
Secondary outcome
Demographical information will be taken into account. Mandate by letter is
requires for each subject before starting the experiment.
Background summary
Earlier research indicated a deficit in emotional processing in psychopaths,
expressed through impairments within physiological reactions to emotional
material. No study up to date specified the various mechanisms of emotional
processing within different types of psychopathic offenders and persons with
ASPD. The current study attempts to enlighten the multifarious mechanism within
these different types of delinquents.
Study objective
This current research aims to comprehend the risk factors of psychopathic
characteristics. Therefore, the objective of this research is exploring whether
a deficit in emotional processing is a distinguishing factor between different
types of psychopathic offenders and offenders with an ASPD.
Study design
Subjects are asked to rate the content of several emotional loaded images and
words (e.g. positive images of flowers and a playground; positive words as
sweet, beautiful; negative images with people fighting, negative words as
angry; and neutral images of a table, or neutral words such as chair), while
physiological measurements (skin conductance and hart rate) are displayed.
Within a second session, emotional images and words are presented within a
passive task during which skin conductance, hart rate, corrugators reflex and
startle reflex will be measured. Each subject is asked to rate each stimulus on
a 0-100 pleasantness scale.
Study burden and risks
No health risk is attached to participation within this research. Participants
are totally free in their decision to participate within this research.
Moreover, participation within the current study has no consequences what so
ever on their treatment or duration of their reside within the clinic.
Universiteitssingel 50
6229 RE Maastricht
Nederland
Universiteitssingel 50
6229 RE Maastricht
Nederland
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Inclusion criteria
o person is male
o person resides in a TBS-Clinic
o person has an IQ >= 90
o person has characteristics of Psychopathy and/or Antisocial Personality Disorder
Exclusion criteria
o person has insufficient knowledge of Dutch , or does not dominate the Dutch language enough to understand the test instructions
o person has a bad sight
o person has an IQ <= 90
o person has an psychotic or related disorder
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL14320.068.06 |