Conduct Disorder, Psychopathic Personality Trait
Conditions
Keywords
psychotherapy, virtual reality, boys
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to explore if individual CFT-based intervention with exposure training in virtual reality decreases conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemoitonal traits , as well as increases subjective emotional welbeing among 15-to-20 year-old male prisoners and boys placed to state's residential schools. We will also study factors that may predict adherence to the intervention. These factors include mental well-being, motivation, and working alliance. In addition, we will evaluate the costs of the program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPsychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)
Psychopathy.comp is a CFT-based manualized program of 20 sessions a 60 min, on a weekly basis. During the CFT-intervention, partipants try out their new skills in a tailored VR setting (x5)
Sponsors
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
15 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Express conduct disorder psychopathology and psychopathic personality traits * Are placed to a prison or a state residential school for at least 9 months
Exclusion criteria
* Females * Non-Finninsh-speaking * Remaining in the institution facility less than 9 months * Intellectual dissability * Presence of psychotic symptoms * Autism * History of epilepsy * Currently participating another psychotherapeutic intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The self-reported change in Youth Pysychopathic traits Inventory- short version (YPI-S) and in the factors of it | 5 months | Measures both conduct prolems and psychopathic traits |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difficulties in Emotion Regulating Scale-Short form (DERS-SF) | 5 months | measures emotion regulation style |
| WHO's quality of life questionnaire- Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) | 5 months | measures quality of life |
| Self-Compassion Scale- Short Form (SCS-SF) | 5 months | measures self-compassion |
| Santa Clara Compassion Scale | 5 months | masures compassion against other people |
| Short Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing scale (SWEMWBS) | 5months | measures general psychosocial well-being |
| Situational intrinsic and extrinsic motivation scale (SIMS) | 5 months | measures younster's motivation to participate the intervention |
| Toronto Alexitymia Scale (TAS-20) | 5 months | measures aleksitymia |
| The Personal Feelings Questionnaire- brief version (PFQ-2 Brief) | 5 months | measures feelings of quilt |
| Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE) | 5 months | measures how the intervention is felt by the youngster |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
Primary ContactNina Lindberg, PhD
Outcome results
None listed