A Study of Identity Building in Children With ADHD

NCT03565250 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 17-011
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Context: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a major public health issue, is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by disturbance of attention, pathological impulsivity and a variable level of psychomotor hyperactivity. In addition to medium-term repercussions such as school failure or family dysfunction, these children have difficulties in dealing with emotions, metacognition and self-awareness that have serious consequences for self-regulation and identity construction. Objective: To investigate identity building in children with ADHD and explore its links with the severity of the disorder and associated neuropsychological disturbances. Material and method: 20 childrens with ADHD and 20 controls will be recruited over a 24-month period. They will be administered the Damon and Hart's Self-Understanding Interview, exploring 7 identity domains: Physical, Active, Social, Psychological, Continuity, Agentivity, Distinction Self/Other. The severity of ADHD, neuropsychological functioning (attention, working memory, executive functions, long-term memory), self-esteem and internal/external attributive style (locus of control) will be assessed by validated scales. The overall level of identity development and in each dimension will be compared between patients and controls. Within patients, the correlations between level of identity development and the severity of ADHD will be explored, as well as with neuropsychological functioning, with statistical control of age. Assumptions: The investigators hypothesize that children with ADHD will exhibit a significantly lower level of identity development than controls, which will be positively correlated with neuropsychological functioning, and negatively correlated with the severity of ADHD.

Conditions

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Keywords

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Self concept; Child; Neuropsychology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Identity building

  Self understanding interview (Damon ahd Hart): analysis and developmental characterization of the child's discourse on himself, Model distinguishes the two components of Self: * the me-self: aggregation of self-knowledge; * The I self: the Self-as-subject; the subjective component that performs the act of self-knowledge. to attest to identity development: * The average level of identity development for me-self as a whole is calculated by summing the total number of segments in each developmental level multiplied by his cardinal, all divided by the total number of segments * Breakdown of segments of speech in the 4 modal levels (superficial, self-centered, interactive, codified) for each of the identity dimensions of the component of me-self (Physics, Active, Social, Psychological, Continuity, Agentivity, Distinction Self / Other) , * The best developmental level for each dimension of the I-Self component 0 à 4

  baseline

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• • Intensity score of ADHD

  baseline

• Self esteem

  baseline

• Causal style

  baseline

• Global Assessment of Functioning Scale

  baseline

• working memory

  baseline

Study Arms (2)

ADHD patients

EXPERIMENTAL

children aged 8-12 ans with ADHD

Other: self understanding interview

control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

children aged 8-12 ans without ADHD

Other: self understanding interview

Interventions

self understanding interview OTHER

semi-structured interview designed for assessment of identity according to Damon \& Hart's 7-dimension develomental model

ADHD patients; control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Patient group:
• Child aged 8 to 12,
• clinical diagnosis of ADHD according to DSM-V criteria
• Informed consent signed by the holder (s) of the exercise of parental authority and specifying the decision of the child himself,
• Subject having French as mother tongue,
• Subject affiliated to the social security system.
• Control group:
• Child aged 8 to 12,
• Not suffering from ADHD according to DSM-V criteria
• Informed consent signed by the holder (s) of the exercise of parental authority and specifying the decision the child himself,
• Subjects with French as their mother tongue,
• Subject affiliated to the social security system.

You may not qualify if:

• Sensory disorders,
• Pathology of the brain (head trauma, epilepsy, others),
• Major psychiatric comorbidity (current depressive episode, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders),
• Anticonvulsant treatment
• Consumption of toxic (drug, alcohol).
• Mental retardation QI less than 70

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Caen: lead
• Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France: collaborator
• Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Caen University Hospital

Caen, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Marie-Amélie Tordjman-Madigand, MD

  CHU CAEN

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Marie-Amélie Tordjman-Madigand

CONTACT

0231272309; tordjman-ma@chu-caen.fr

Fabian Guenole

CONTACT

0231272309; guenole-f@chu-caen.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 16, 2018
• First Posted: June 21, 2018
• Study Start: July 20, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 4, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: July 13, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)