Early life events, individual differences, and seizures V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Relationships between early life events, individual differences, and seizures
IRAS ID
166247
Contact name
Liz M. Tallentire
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 30 days
Research summary
This research will investigate the link between early experiences, individual differences, and seizures. It will consider whether a person having particular early experiences, such as, being emotionally neglected or physically abused is associated with specific individual differences and seizures. The individual differences the research will consider are processing of emotions and the way people relate to others. Processing of emotions includes a person being able to recognise their own emotions and describe them. The way people relate to others is how much a person avoids or is anxious about close relationships with others. In relation to seizures, the research will include, type of seizure, how often they happen, and how much impact the person reports seizures have on their daily life. Seizure type in this research is epileptic (due to unusual electrical activity in the brain) or non-epileptic (not due to unusual electrical activity in the brain).
Participants will anonymously complete questionnaires about each of the factors described above. They will fill in questionnaires online and send them electronically; or on paper and send them in the post. The researchers will then work out scores based on the questionnaires. These scores will be analysed using statistical tests, in order to look for relationships between them, which represent relationships between the above factors.REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0110
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jan 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion