title: Neurological soft signs in Chinese adolescents with antisocial personality traits.
abstract: The current study was designed to explore the specific relationship between neurologic soft signs (NSSs) and characteristics of antisocial personality traits in adolescents, and to investigate particular NSSs linked to certain brain regions in adolescents with antisocial personality traits. The research was conducted on 96 adolescents diagnosed with ASP traits (ASP trait group) using the ASPD subscale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire for the DSM-IV (PDQ-4+) and 96 adolescents without traits of any personality disorder (control group). NSSs were assessed using the soft sign subscales of the Cambridge Neurological Inventory. Adolescents with ASP traits showed more motor coordination, sensory integration, disinhibition, and total NSSs than the control group. Seven NSSs, including stereognosia in right hand, finger agnosia and graphesthesia in both hands, left-right orientation, and go/no go stimulus, were significantly more frequent in teenagers with ASP traits. Sensory integration was positively associated with ASP traits. Adolescents with antisocial personality traits might have abnormalities in the central nervous system, and sensory integration might be the particular indicator of antisocial personality disorder.
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
authors.forename: Lingyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China; Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, PR China.
authors.forename: Shuqiao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China; Medical Psychological Insitute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China. Electronic address: xiongzhaozhu@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiongzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000377:Agnosia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D044466:Asian People; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D014110:Touch
keywords: Mental disorders; Neuropsychological tests; Teenagers