Representations of the Body's Interior in Adolescence

NCT07407764 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: RICA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Representations of the inner body in adolescence: developmental characteristics and specificities in borderline personality disorders.

Conditions

Adolescent - Emotional Problem; Personality Disorders in Adolescence; Body Representation; Borderline Personality Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Type of organs represented

  Type of organs represented on drawing of body' s interior

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Type of systems represented

  Type of systems represented on drawing of body' s interior

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Number of organs represented

  Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Number of systems represented

  Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body + captions

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Level of drawing elaboration

  Qualitative analyse of the drawing evaluated (complete and functional systems) - Minimum value: 0 (no elaboration / very simple drawing, incomplete or non-functional systems) Maximum value: 3 (high elaboration / detailed drawing with complete and functional systems) Interpretation: higher scores indicate a better outcome (higher level of drawing elaboration).

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Symbolic elements added to drawing

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Type of anatomical errors in the drawing

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Scores obtained from questionnaires: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness):Interoceptive awareness,

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Scores obtained from questionnaires: Postural Awareness Scale_Proprioceptive awareness,

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

• Scores obtained from questionnaires: Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20)_Emotional awareness (degree of alexithymia)

  From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Clinical cohort

OTHER

Adolescents with borderline personality disorder

Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.

Non-clinical cohort

OTHER

Adolescent without borderline personality disorder

Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.

Interventions

Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires. BEHAVIORAL

Use of various validated and non-validated tools to identify certain common characteristics, as well as more specific weaknesses, in the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with no pathology, and adolescents with borderline personality disorder.

Clinical cohort; Non-clinical cohort

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Non-clinical cohort :
• Adolescents aged 15 to 19
• High school students (seconde to terminale)
• Having signed a consent form to participate in the research, as well as their legal representative
• Affiliated to a social security regime
• Clinical cohort :
• Adolescents aged 15 to 19
• With a high school level (3rd year completed, transition to second year pronounced), whether enrolled or not.
• Having signed a consent form to participate in the research and their legal representative.
• Currently under psychiatric or pediatric care for psychiatric reasons.
• Diagnosed or suspected of having a borderline personality disorder,
• Affiliated to a social security regime

You may not qualify if:

• Non-clinical cohort
• Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer; recent or planned operations...)
• Recognized sensory or neurological disability.
• Known, diagnosed psychiatric pathologies (TCA, schizophrenia, etc.).
• Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians.
• Clinical cohort :
• Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer, recent or planned operations, etc.)
• Recognized sensory or neurological disability.
• Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians.
• Psychomotor assessment or follow-up by the researcher.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

Interviews as Topic; Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personality Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

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

Model Details: Prospective, exploratory, descriptive and comparative study with cohorts. Qualitative study with a quantitative component.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 26, 2025
• First Posted: February 12, 2026
• Study Start: February 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2027
• Last Updated: February 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02