Representations of the Body's Interior in Adolescence

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil

Overview

Representations of the inner body in adolescence: developmental characteristics and specificities in borderline personality disorders.

The aim of this exploratory study is to describe the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with borderline personality disorder, and adolescent without borderline personality disorder. During an interview with a psychomotor specialist, participants will undergo tests, questionnaires and Internal body drawing test

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Conditions

Adolescent - Emotional Problem Personality Disorders in Adolescence Body Representation Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.BEHAVIORAL

Use of various validated and non-validated tools to identify certain common characteristics, as well as more specific weaknesses, in the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with no pathology, and adolescents with borderline personality disorder.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Non-clinical cohort : 1. Adolescents aged 15 to 19 2. High school students (seconde to terminale) 3. Having signed a consent form to participate in the research, as well as their legal representative 4. Affiliated to a social security regime * Clinical cohort : 1. Adolescents aged 15 to 19 2. With a high school level (3rd year completed, transition to second year pronounced), whether enrolled or not. 3. Having signed a consent form to participate in the research and their legal representative. 4. Currently under psychiatric or pediatric care for psychiatric reasons. 5. Diagnosed or suspected of having a borderline personality disorder, 6. Affiliated to a social security regime Exclusion Criteria: Non-clinical cohort 1. Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer; recent or planned operations...) 2. Recognized sensory or neurological disability. 3. Known, diagnosed psychiatric pathologies (TCA, schizophrenia, etc.). 4. Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians. Clinical cohort : 1. Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer, recent or planned operations, etc.) 2. Recognized sensory or neurological disability. 3. Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians. 4. Psychomotor assessment or follow-up by the researcher.