Cortisol and Emotional Memory

Withdrawn

Conditions: persoonlijkheidsstoornis
psychopathy personality disorder

Registration Number: NL-OMON29925

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 122

Inclusion Criteria

Experimental group
-male person
-jail population, or TBS clinic
-IQ >= 90
-diagnosed psychopathic personality (PCL-R score >= 26);Control Group
-no psychic diagnosis
-normal IQ

Exclusion Criteria

Experimental group;
-inadequate knowledge of the Dutch language to understand the test instructions
-IQ<90
-psychic or related disorder
-certain illness that is known to damage the memory capacity
-lactose allergy;Control group;
-inadequate knowledge of the Dutch language to understand the test instructions
-IQ<90
-psychic or related disorder
-certain illness that is known to damage the memory capacity
-lactose allergy

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The permission of the subjects is asked for they voluntary permission to take<br /><br>part in this study by means of a letter. They are requested d to fill in some<br /><br>questionnaires (PPI, RPQ, SS-R, SIMS & BIS-11), along with some<br /><br>sociodemographical variables. The individuals* permission by letter is obliged<br /><br>before staring the experiment.<br /><br><br /><br>Procedure<br /><br>Delinquents receive an information letter along with a registration letter,<br /><br>whereupon they can sign their selves on for participation. Control persons will<br /><br>be recruited with advertisement at the UM and a newspaper. Subsequently,<br /><br>appointments for the sessions of 1,5 hour (with a total of 6 hours) will be<br /><br>planned. All subjects will receive 20 recompense if they successful completed<br /><br>all sessions.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures