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

Sponsor
University Hospital, Montpellier (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT05096975
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Evaluation of the CBCL-A-A-A and HiPIC in children with ADHD and with ED or without ED

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
70 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Retrospective
Official Title:
Comparative Study of the Personality Profile of Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) With or Without Emotional Dysregulation
Actual Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2020
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Sep 30, 2021
Actual Study Completion Date :
Dec 30, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Control group

ADHD without emotion dysregulation (Control group) The group is composed of children with ADHD and with a score ≤ 180 at the CBCL-A-A-A when combining the "Aggressive behaviors", "Anxiety/Depression" and "Attention" subscales.

Other: Evaluation of the CBCL-A-A-A and HiPIC in children with ADHD and with ED or without ED
The intervention involves the completion of two questionnaires by parents at child psychiatry unit of Montpellier University Hospital when children come to participate in a psychometric assessment or when parents or children participate in therapeutic group. All parents completed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001), a 118-item questionnaire to measure emotional and behavior problems in 4 to 18-years-old children in the past six months and Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC, Mervielde & De Fruyt, 1999, a 144-item questionnaire to obtain a profile of the personality of 6 to 12-year-old children.

Deficit Emotion Self Regulation group

ADHD without moderate emotion dysregulation (Deficit Emotion Self Regulation group) The group is composed of children with ADHD and with a score ≥180 and ≤ 210 at the CBCL-A-A-A when combining the "Aggressive behaviors", "Anxiety/Depression" and "Attention" subscales.

Other: Evaluation of the CBCL-A-A-A and HiPIC in children with ADHD and with ED or without ED
The intervention involves the completion of two questionnaires by parents at child psychiatry unit of Montpellier University Hospital when children come to participate in a psychometric assessment or when parents or children participate in therapeutic group. All parents completed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001), a 118-item questionnaire to measure emotional and behavior problems in 4 to 18-years-old children in the past six months and Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC, Mervielde & De Fruyt, 1999, a 144-item questionnaire to obtain a profile of the personality of 6 to 12-year-old children.

Dysregulation Profile Group

ADHD with severe emotion dysregulation (Dysregulation Profile Group) The group is composed of children with ADHD and with a score ≥ 210 at the CBCL-A-A-A when combining the "Aggressive behaviors", "Anxiety/Depression" and "Attention" subscales.

Other: Evaluation of the CBCL-A-A-A and HiPIC in children with ADHD and with ED or without ED
The intervention involves the completion of two questionnaires by parents at child psychiatry unit of Montpellier University Hospital when children come to participate in a psychometric assessment or when parents or children participate in therapeutic group. All parents completed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001), a 118-item questionnaire to measure emotional and behavior problems in 4 to 18-years-old children in the past six months and Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC, Mervielde & De Fruyt, 1999, a 144-item questionnaire to obtain a profile of the personality of 6 to 12-year-old children.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. 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

  1. 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.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
7 Years to 12 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion criteria:
  • Children and adolescents aged 7-12 years followed at Montpellier University Hospital ;

  • Children and adolescents with a diagnostic of ADHD (diagnostics criteria from DSM-V);

  • Children and adolescents benefiting from a multidisciplinary evaluation or therapeutic group at the child psychiatry unit of Montpellier University Hospital

Exclusion criteria:
  • Family non-french speaking

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Uhmontpellier Montpellier France 34295

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Montpellier

Investigators

  • Study Director: Diane Purper-Ouakil, M.D., Ph. D., UH Montpellier
  • Study Director: Romo, PHD, University Paris Nanterre

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
University Hospital, Montpellier
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05096975
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • RECHMPL20_0524
First Posted:
Oct 27, 2021
Last Update Posted:
Apr 14, 2022
Last Verified:
Apr 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Undecided
Plan to Share IPD:
Undecided
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Montpellier
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 14, 2022