Clinical trials: Psychopathy
Dyssocial Behavior
Role of Oxytocin in Telling and Detecting Lies
The investigators are interested in the impact of intranasal oxytocin in unethical behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT02361177
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Psychopathy, Mental Disorders
The Role of Norepinephrine in Emotional Processing
This study will examine the role of a brain chemical called norepinephrine in thinking, decision-making, and emotional processing. After norepinephrine is released from a brain cell, it binds to another brain cell's receptor.
- Trial name
- NCT00109642
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Parenting, Development, Child
Pathways for Parents After Incarceration Feasibility Study
The purpose of this study is to learn how to better support fathers and their families after incarceration. It will test an intervention that promotes healthy development for children of previously incarcerated fathers and the…
- Conditions
- Parenting, Development, Child, Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04525703
- Testing
- Pathways for Parents after Incarceration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Auditory Perception; Abnormal, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Listening Effort in Cochlear Implant Users
People with hearing loss experience extra effort when listening, which can lead to severe psychological barriers to communication and social participation.
- Conditions
- Auditory Perception; Abnormal, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06516575
- Testing
- sentence manipulations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Abnormal; Birth
Changes of Gas Values in Cord Blood Versus Time and Temperature
The pH levels of a neonatal at his birth are an important factor in establishing the connection between events that occurred during the actual time of birth, to the risk of a significant morbidity development in the future.
- Trial name
- NCT02785367
- Testing
- Cord blood samples
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse
Personality-targeted Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol Misuse
Personality targeted cognitive behavioural interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing alcohol and drug misuse in adult substance abusers (Conrod et al., 2000) and adolescent drinkers (Conrod et al, in press).
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Depression, Panic Disorder
- Trial name
- Preventure (NCT00344474)
- Testing
- PRE-Venture: Personality Risk Education
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Conduct Disorder, Anti-Social Behavior
Multisite Prevention of Conduct Problems (Fast Track)
The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the effects of a comprehensive intervention to prevent severe and chronic conduct problems in a sample of children selected as high-risk when they first entered school.
- Trial name
- NCT01653535
- Testing
- Fast Track
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 891 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Aggression, Risk-Taking
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Offenders
This study investigates the effect of upregulating prefrontal cortex activity on risk-taking, and antisocial and aggressive behavior in violent offenders.
- Conditions
- Aggression, Risk-Taking, Antisocial Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03036683
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Olivia Choy
Aggression
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Antisocial Behavior
The main objective of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between prefrontal cortex activity and antisocial behavior, as well as risk factors for antisocial behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT04204759
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Antisocial Behavior, Aggression
The Effect of Repeated Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation on Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior
This study investigates the relationship between prefrontal cortex activity and antisocial and aggressive behavior, and risk factors for such behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT02674516
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Adolescent Psychiatry, Antisocial Personality Disorders
Impaired Decision-making in Adolescents
There is clear evidence that aggressive behavior and disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) in middle childhood are associated with an increased risk for substance abuse in adolescence.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Psychiatry, Antisocial Personality Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT01253993
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Antisocial Behavior, Aggression
The Effect of Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation on Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior
This study investigates the effect of upregulating prefrontal cortex activity on antisocial and aggressive behavior and risk factors for such behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT02427672
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Dyssocial Behavior, Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial Behavior: Passing From Parent to Child to Grandchild
Antisocial behavior often occurs in different generations within the same family. However, it is not known what factors contribute to this passing of antisocial behavior from parent to child to grandchild.
- Trial name
- NCT00060788
- Where
- Mauritius
- Volunteers
- 663 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression
Resettled Refugee Families for Healing
The goal of this type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial is to test a family strengthening (FS) model delivered through multiple family groups (MFG) combined with a virtual peer mentoring program called TeenAge Health…
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anxiety
- Trial name
- RRF4H (NCT06176638)
- Testing
- RRF4H Combination Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 308 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Dyssocial Behavior
Hormones and Decision Making
An investigation of the neuropsychological processes underlying ethical decision making.
- Trial name
- NCT04865562
- Testing
- testosterone propionate, 0.5% cholorbutanol, saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition
Improving Emotion Recognition Ability to Support Social Development in Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate whether enhancing emotion recognition abilities can improve social behavior in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition, Antisocial Behavior, Nonverbal Communication
- Trial name
- I4C (NCT07097090)
- Testing
- Emotion Recognition Training Program: A structured school-based intervention designed to enhance children's ability to recognize emotions through facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language., No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Foggia
Aggression, Antisocial Behavior
Omega-3 Supplementation and Behavior Problems
The objectives of this project are as follows: 1. To assess whether omega-3 dietary supplementation for six months can reduce externalizing behavior problems (antisocial and aggressive behavior) in schoolchildren aged 8 to 18…
- Conditions
- Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Antisocial Personality
- Trial name
- NCT02334098
- Testing
- Omega-3 supplemented drink, Smartfish
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 324 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Annis Fung
Psychopathic Personality Trait
Testing a Shortened Version of the AlAn's Game
It has been demonstrated that behavior on the AlAn's (altruism-antisocial) game is related to Moral Elevation response. Moral Elevation is a positive response to another's act of generosity "of charity, gratitude, fidelity…
- Trial name
- NCT03834467
- Testing
- Arm 1 - Elevation Stimulus Video, Arm 2 - Control Stimulus Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Aggression, Stress
The Therapeutic Effects of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Equine-assisted interventions (EAI) are an emerging form of alternate psychotherapy that has been increasingly found to produce improvements in various treatment outcomes.
- Conditions
- Aggression, Stress, Psychopathy, Empathy
- Trial name
- EAP (NCT04200612)
- Testing
- Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Equine-Assisted Activities
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chua Yi Rong Shawn
Pulmonary Function; Newborn, Abnormal, Infant Wheeze
Vitamin C to Decrease Effects of Smoking in Pregnancy on Infant Lung Function
Vitamin C supplementation (500 mg per day) given to pregnant women who can not quit smoking will improve the pulmonary function tests in their offspring measured at 3 months of age.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Function; Newborn, Abnormal, Infant Wheeze, In-utero Nicotine, Second Hand Smoke
- Trial name
- VCSIP (NCT01723696)
- Testing
- Vitamin C +prenatal vitamin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University