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Milillo MM, Neumann CS, Maurer JM, Jin C, Commerce E, Reynolds BL, Harenski CL, Kiehl KA. Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathic Traits Among Justice-Involved Adolescents. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024:10.1007/s10802-024-01212-x. [PMID: 38922463 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01212-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
Abstract
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michaela M Milillo
- The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA.
- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA.
- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA.
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Delfel EL, Aguinaldo L, Correa K, Courtney KE, Max JE, Tapert SF, Jacobus J. Traumatic brain injury, working memory-related neural processing, and alcohol experimentation behaviors in youth from the ABCD cohort. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2024; 66:101344. [PMID: 38277713 PMCID: PMC10832371 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Adolescent traumatic brain injury (TBI) has long-term effects on brain functioning and behavior, impacting neural activity under cognitive load, especially in the reward network. Adolescent TBI is also linked to risk-taking behaviors including alcohol misuse. It remains unclear how TBI and neural functioning interact to predict alcohol experimentation during adolescence. Using Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study data, this project examined if TBI at ages 9-10 predicts increased odds of alcohol sipping at ages 11-13 and if this association is moderated by neural activity during the Emotional EN-Back working memory task at ages 11-13. Logistic regression analyses showed that neural activity in regions of the fronto-basal ganglia network predicted increased odds of sipping alcohol by ages 11-13 (p < .05). TBI and left frontal pole activity interacted to predict alcohol sipping (OR = 0.507, 95% CI [0.303 - 0.846], p = .009) - increased activity predicted decreased odds of alcohol sipping for those with a TBI (OR = 0.516, 95% CI [0.314 - 0.850], p = .009), but not for those without (OR = 0.971, 95% CI [0.931 -1.012], p = .159). These findings suggest that for youth with a TBI, increased BOLD activity in the frontal pole, underlying working memory, may be uniquely protective against the early initiation of alcohol experimentation. Future work will examine TBI and alcohol misuse in the ABCD cohort across more time points and the impact of personality traits such as impulsivity on these associations.
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- Everett L Delfel
- SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, USA; University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA.
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