B4167 - Long-term Impacts of Childhood Head Injuries and Conduct Problems on Executive Function - 21/10/2022

B number: 
B4167
Principal applicant name: 
Valerie Brandt | University of Southampton
Co-applicants: 
Hannah Carr, Dr. Yuning Zhang
Title of project: 
Long-term Impacts of Childhood Head Injuries and Conduct Problems on Executive Function
Proposal summary: 

There appears to be a sensitive period from ages 7 to 11 whereby conduct problems and head injuries promote one another. Individually, both have been associated with poor executive functioning such as disinhibition, poor working memory, and deficits in emotion recognition. However, what is not yet known is how this bidirectional association between ages 7 to 11 may affect executive function in adulthood. To address this gap in the literature, we plan to estimate how executive function at age 24 may be predicted by childhood head injuries and conduct problems from ages 7 to 11.

Impact of research: 
Our research will provide novel insight into the long-term outcomes of childhood conduct problems and head injuries. If this study highlights executive dysfunction into adulthood, it will further stress the need for future research into appropriate treatment and preventions for both conduct problems and head injuries between ages 7 and 11.
Date proposal received: 
Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
Date proposal approved: 
Friday, 21 October, 2022
Keywords: 
Mental health - Psychology, Psychiatry, Cognition, Behaviour - e.g. antisocial behaviour, risk behaviour, etc., Statistical methods, Childhood - childcare, childhood adversity, Cognition - cognitive function