Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder in Early Childhood Predicts Reduced Competence in Early Adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Psychosocial deprivation is associated with the development of socially aberrant behaviors, including signs of disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED). In longitudinal studies, signs of DSED have been shown to decrease over time, especially as children are removed from conditions of deprivation. What is less clear is whether signs of DSED in early childhood are associated with poorer functioning in early adolescence, including among children who no longer manifest signs of DSED at this age. In a sample of 136 Romanian children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP), who were exposed to early psychosocial deprivation in the form of institutional care, we examined caregiver-reported (ages 30, 42, and 54 months and 12 years) and observer-rated (age 54 months) signs of DSE

SUBMITTER: Guyon-Harris KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717530 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature