Oculomotor Markers and Attachment in Adolescents

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study aims to identify specific visual scanning patterns of attachment pictures in adolescent with different attachment style.

Detailed Description
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Oculomotor parameters will be assessed during visualization of 2 sets of pictures. The first set presents a distress picture and is followed by a slide composed of 3 pictures (one representing comfort, one representing complicity and the last representing a neutral scene). Psychophysiological parameters (skin conductance reactivity-SCR) is also assess during this visualization.

Official Title
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Oculomotor and Neurophysiological Markers of Emotion Regulation and Attachment Styles in Adolescence

Conditions
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Emotion Dysregulation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: oculomotor parameter recording
* Behavioral: attachment scale interview (ASI)
* Behavioral: psychophysiological recording
* Behavioral: psychometric assessment
* Behavioral: parent interview


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: non hospitalized child who is going to school Exclusion Criteria: not french-speaker vision problem more than 20 cigarettes/day

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 13 Years
Maximum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: oculomotor parameter recording|visual scanning behavior is assessed during visualization of emotional pictures|
|Behavioral: attachment scale interview (ASI)|ASI is used to determine the attachment style of each participant|
|Behavioral: psychophysiological recording|this consists of the measurement of the skin conductance reactivity (SCR) during the picture visualization|
|Behavioral: psychometric assessment|self administered questionnaires are used to assess anxiety, depression and alexithymia.|
|Behavioral: parent interview|an interview of the adolescent parent is performed in order to assess the confusion of the parent-child role and the interaction between the child and its parent.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of entry in distress pictures | these parameters will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 
| saccade duration in distress picture | time spent looking at the distress picture these parameters will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 
| average of the number of entry in comfort picture vs neutral and complicity pictures | these parameters will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 
| average of the saccade duration in comfort picture vs neutral and complicity pictures | these parameters will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amplitude of SCR | this parameter will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 
| interaction with the parent: score to the GPACS (goal-corrected partnership in adolescence coding system) | the quality of the interaction with the parent and the confusion of the parent-child role will be compared between the different attachment types. | within 1 year after inclusion | 
| Reaction time in SCR | this parameter will be compared between the different types of attachment. | within 1 year after inclusion | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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attachment, oculomotor marker, emotion regulation