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Belle asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Childhood disorders?

Hey everyone

I'm doing a case study for uni. Can anyone tell if there are any childhood disorders that would make kids more trudting or naive...? More likely to go off with strangers... This is in reference to children of about 10yrs...

Could there be something on the autism spectrum perhaps?

Thanks guys

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Look into Reactive Attachment Disorder. Reactive Attachment Disorder is a complex psychiatric illness that can affect young children. It is characterized by serious problems in emotional attachments to others and usually presents by age 5. Most children with this disorder have had severe problems or disruptions in their early relationships. Many have been physically or emotionally abused or neglected. Some have experienced inadequate care in an institutional setting or other out-of-home placement (for example a hospital, residential program, foster care or orphanage). Others have had multiple or traumatic losses or changes in their primary caregiver.

    Due to their difficulties with attachment, children may also be overly or inappropriately social or familiar with strangers. The child has repeatedly lost attachment figures or has had multiple caregivers and has never had the chance to develop a continuous and consistent attachment to at least one caregiver. Disruption of one attachment relationship after another causes the infant to renounce attachments. The usual anxiety and concern with strangers is not present, and the infant or child superficially accepts anyone as a caregiver (as though people were interchangeable) and acts as if the relationship had been intimate and life-long.

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    5 years ago

    What some paper on Fragile X Syndrome? this is the top standard clarification for a single gene affliction that could effect in autism. Like autism that's a spectrum affliction could effect in gentle discovering disabilities to severe impairment. It no longer basically impacts babies with the entire mutation yet agencies as nicely, agencies could have FXPOI or FXTAS. there is a astounding sort of counsel approximately it, obtainable on the information superhighway, stable sources indexed below. analyze - is exciting with analyze being accomplished at the instant that could opposite indicators and advance cognitive skill, that could additionally be used to handle different circumstances.

  • 1 decade ago

    It would have to be one of the high functioning autism spectrum disorders. The others I don't think would work as well. mild autistic disorder or asperger's disorder would work very well I think for your story.

    Here's a link about someone with Asperger's Syndrome (although not a child) who claims to have been manipulated into going along with a bad idea...

    "Nichols' family contends he has Asperger Syndrome, a developmental disorder that can make a sufferer especially vulnerable to manipulation and peer pressure. "

  • 1 decade ago

    No offence meant unless I'm right but you could be a peadophile doing a bit of research! What course are you doing exactly and why do you need to know which disorders would make a kid of 10 ( your favourite age?) go off with a stranger? Highly suspect! I'm gonna chack out your other q&a and if I find anything else on this topic I think I will report you!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bad parenting, bad genes, ignorance, stupidity.....in fact, most English children, wouldn't you say??

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