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Contribution title 3316 - Conduct Disorder and IQ: Research findings from the FemNat-CD Greek Center
Contribution code PS01-62 (P)
Authors
  1. Helen Lazaratou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Presenter
  2. Zacharias Kalogerakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  3. Mara Pirlympou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  4. Leonidas Papadakos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  5. Foteini Tsiakoulia National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  6. Angeliki Konsta National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  7. Christine Freitag Goethe University Frankfurt
  8. Dimitris Dikeos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Form of presentation Poster
Topic
  • Conduct disorders
Abstract Conduct Disorder (CD) reflects a persistent and repetitive pattern of antisocial behavior of children and adolescents; the disorder is considered as childhood-or adolescence-onset depending on whether the diagnosis was met before or after the age of 10 years old. CD is among the most frequent factors for referral to children-psychiatric services. The clinical picture varies among children and adolescents, and depends upon factors such as age, individual characteristics and social environment. The European study FemNat-CD aims to identify the causes of CD and examine potential gender differences by mainly focusing on girls with CD, since this is a relatively understudied population. Femnat-CD is an ongoing multi-center study with a projected sample size of 1840 children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 18 years old.
The goal of the current presentation is to describe the results of the Greek sample regarding IQ scores as assessed by the WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale. According to the existing literature, CD is associated with lower mean scores of verbal intelligence in relation to the general same-age population, possibly because CD is found more often among subjects with low IQ. However, the aim of the FemNat-CD study is to include CD patients only within the normal IQ range. Eight-nine subjects, 35 with CD and 54 controls, have been analyzed up to date. For the whole sample, IQ scores (verbal IQ, performance IQ and total IQ) ranged within the normal values. No statistically significant differences were found among male and female subjects. Furthermore, the results did not reveal any statistically significant difference regarding verbal IQ scores and total IQ scores between the CD group and the control group. The CD group showed significantly lower scores on the performance IQ in relation to the scores of the control group.