Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathic Traits Among Justice-Involved Adolescents.

Autor: Milillo MM; The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA. mmilillo@unm.edu.; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA. mmilillo@unm.edu., Neumann CS; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA., Maurer JM; The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA., Jin C; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA., Commerce E; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA., Reynolds BL; The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA., Harenski CL; The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA., Kiehl KA; The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA. kkiehl@mrn.org.; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA. kkiehl@mrn.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research on child and adolescent psychopathology [Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol] 2024 Nov; Vol. 52 (11), pp. 1707-1719. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01212-x
Abstrakt: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health problem and is highly prevalent among justice-involved populations. Pediatric TBI is linked with long-term negative outcomes and is correlated with substance use, criminal behavior, psychiatric disorders, and disruptions in neurocognition. These same TBI correlates are evident among youth with psychopathic traits. Given ongoing neurobiological and social development in adolescence, understanding the link between psychopathic traits and TBI in justice-involved youth is critical. A sample of 263 male adolescents were recruited from a maximum-security juvenile justice facility. Using a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework, measurement invariance of psychopathic traits (TBI ±) was tested, and psychopathy scores were accounted for in terms of TBI variables (severity, age of first TBI, total number), participant's age, IQ, substance use, and internalizing psychopathology. There was evidence of strong invariance across TBI status and those with TBI had higher affective and impulsive lifestyle psychopathic traits than adolescents without TBI. The SEM indicated that TBI severity was associated with lower IQ scores, which in turn were associated with increased lifestyle/antisocial (Factor 2) psychopathic traits. Total number of TBIs was associated with higher substance use, which was associated with both increased interpersonal/affective (Factor 1) and Factor 2 psychopathic traits. These TBI variables also had indirect associations with psychopathic traits through IQ and substance use. The findings indicate that TBI is associated with psychopathic traits and suggest that disturbances in cognition and substance use may be treatment targets for youth with TBI and psychopathic traits.
Competing Interests: Compliance with Ethical Standards Funding This work is supported by the National Institute of Health (R01 MH071896; R01 HD092331) Conflict of Interests The authors declare no conflicts of interest and do not have any financial or non-financial competing interests. Ethics Approval The Ethical and Independent Review Services and Office for Human Research Protections approved all research protocols. Informed Consent Informed assent with parent/guardian consent was collected for participants under 18 years of age; participants 18 years of age and older provided informed written consent. Human and Animal Rights Participants were made aware that they could discontinue participating in the study at any point, without consequence, and were compensated at a rate consistent with the hourly labor wage of the facility.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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