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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Emotional Dysfunction Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Age range

7 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Uhmontpellier

Montpellier, 34295, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Evaluation of the CBCL-A-A-A and HiPIC in children with ADHD and with ED or without ED

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

Rate of Score at the CBCL-A-A-A

Time frame: 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 outcomes

Rate of Score of Hierachical Personality Inventory for Childen

Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Montpellier

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Registry information

Official study title

Comparative Study of the Personality Profile of Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) With or Without Emotional Dysregulation

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Oct 27, 2021
Registry last updated: Apr 14, 2022

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