Personality Profile of Children and Adolescents With ADHD and With or Without Emotional Dysregulation

Completed

• Conditions: Attention Deficit Disorder; Emotional Dysfunction

• Registration Number: NCT05096975
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Brief Summary

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is frequently associated with emotional dysregulation (ED). ED is characterized by excessive and inappropriate emotional reactions compared to social norms, uncontrolled and rapide shifts in emotion and attention focused on emotional stimuli.

According to research, there are strong correlations between personality traits and psychiatric disorder as ADHD. In a longitudinal study, the persistence of ADHD symptoms during adolescence is associated with high neuroticism, low agreeableness and low conscience. Studies show that these personality traits are factors of vulnerabilities for comordities associated with ADHD and are predictive of overall functioning difficulties. Studies show correlations between ADHD in childhood and personality disorders at adulthood .

ADHD is frequently associated with emotional dysregulation (ED) that is characterized by an inability to modulate emotional responses in a given context . ED is observed in 24% to 50% children with ADHD . Children with ADHD and ED are more likely to present a severe and complex symptomatology and are at risk for antisocial and bordeline personality disorders than children without ED. To date, there would be no studies which would have been interested in personality traits in children with ADHD and ED.

The main objective is to determine if children with ADHD and ED present from childhood traits of personality as low agreeableness, low conscience and high neuroticism that are predictive of personality disorders at adulthood. It would involve earl identification of children at increased risk of pejorative developmental trajectories.

The second objectives are:

* Improve understanding of the heterogeneity of ADHD symptom expression;

* Have a better understanding of the child's personalit and temperament traits to identify riks and protective factors;

* Identify children with ADHD with profiles at risk of personality disorders in order to adapt the care according to the child's needs.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-30
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-18
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-27
• Study Completion: 2021-12-30
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of Score at the CBCL-A-A-A	1 day	Score at the CBCL-A-A-A when combining the "Aggressive behaviors", "Anxiety/Depression" and "Attention" subscales (Achenbach \& Rescorla, 2001).; Questionnaire measures emotional and behavior problem in 4 to 18 year-old children in the past months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of Score of Hierachical Personality Inventory for Childen	1 day	Score of Hierachical Personality Inventory for Childen (HiPIC, Mervielde \& De Fruyt, 1999), 144-item questionnaire to obtain a profile of the personality; Questionnaire obtains a profile of personality of 6 to 12 year-old children.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Uhmontpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France