Clinical trial NCT05098873: Study on Boredom in High Potential Adolescents
Official title: Study on High Potential in Adolescence School Boredom as a Precursor to a Depressive Episode Single-center, Comparative Study of High School Students
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Intelligence
Boredom
Keywords: Intelligence
Boredom
Lead sponsor: Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-28
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adolescents consulting the medical-psychological centers of our hospital (Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy = Sponsor) for psychological malaise and/or anxiety-depressive disorders and academic difficulties

Brief summary: The research focuses on "High Potential" (HP) in adolescence, in a link with the professional practice of the investigators.

Furthermore, supported by scientific literature and professional clinical practice, this research is interested in school boredom, regularly expressed by the consulting adolescents, in its relation with a depressive syndrome.

The objective of the research is to know if school boredom is a precursor of a depressive episode in high school students with HP compared to high school students without HP.

Detailed description: The investigators are questioning the meaning of school boredom experienced by adolescents with HP and its link with a depressive syndrome. The investigators will use clinical interviews, rating scales for a quantitative measure and projective tests for a psychodynamic study. The responses of adolescents with HP will be compared to those of adolescents without HP.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents coming for consultation in a medical-psychological center of Sponsor
* Adolescents aged 14 to 16 years and 11 months.
* Adolescents expressing a psychological malaise and/or an anxiety disorder at the time of the consultation request
* Adolescents who were informed about the study, received the information note about it and did not object to participating
* At least one parent or guardian who was informed of the study, received the study information sheet, and did not object to the child's participation
* Adolescents affiliated or entitled to a social security plan

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents who do not understand the French language well enough to complete the questionnaires.
* Adolescents with a clear diagnosis of psychiatric pathology (e.g. schizophrenia)
* Adolescents with an IQ ≤ 80 because the level of intellectual efficiency would be too fragile and too far from the expectations of our research.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
timeFrame: Month 2 or 3
measure: Échelle de Disposition à l'Ennui (French Title)
timeFrame: Month 1 or 2
measure: Rorschach test
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Thematic Apperception Test
timeFrame: Month 3
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
timeFrame: Month 1 or 2
measure: Children Depression Inventory
timeFrame: Month 1 or 2
measure: Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents
timeFrame: Month 1 or 2
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lunéville
country: France
facility: Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy - CMP Adolescents Lunéville
Study officials:
affiliation: Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
name: Valérie BURGÉ
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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