Patterns of source monitoring bias in incarcerated youths with and without conduct problems. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morosan, Larisa; Badoud, Deborah; Salaminios, George; Eliez, Stephan; Van der Linden, Martial; Heller, Patrick; Debbané, Martin
• Is Part Of: Cognitive neuropsychiatry. Volume 23:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 15
• Page End: 27
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Adolescence -- antisocial -- self-monitoring -- self-awareness -- delinquency; Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2017.1412947
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1354-6805

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Antisocial individuals present behaviours that violate the social norms and the rights of others. In the present study, we examine whether biases in monitoring the self-generated cognitive material might be linked to antisocial manifestations during adolescence. We further examine the association with psychopathic traits and conduct problems (CPs). Methods: Sixty-five incarcerated adolescents (IAs; M age = 15.85, SD = 1.30) and 88 community adolescents (CAs; M age = 15.78, SD = 1.60) participated in our study. In the IA group, 28 adolescents presented CPs ( M age = 16.06, SD = 1.41) and 19 did not meet the diagnostic criteria for CPs ( M age = 15.97, SD = 1.20). Source monitoring was assessed through a speech-monitoring task, using items requiring different levels of cognitive effort; recognition and source-monitoring bias scores (internalising and externalising biases) were calculated. Results: Between-group comparisons indicate greater overall biases and different patterns of biases in the source monitoring. IA participants manifest a greater externalising bias, whereas CA participants present a greater internalising bias. In addition, IA with CPs present different patterns of item recognition. Conclusions: These results indicate that the two groups of adolescents present different types of source-monitoring bias for self-generated speech. In addition, the IAs with CPs present impairments in item recognition. Future studies may examine the developmental implications of self-monitoring biases in the perseverance of antisocial behaviours from adolescence to adulthood.