The association between environmental events and self-injurious behavior in Cornelia de Lange syndrome
| Autor: | Jane Petty, Scott S. Hall, Kate Arron, Jenny Sloneem, Chris Oliver, Jo Moss |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Adolescent BF Psychology Poison control Environment Suicide prevention Severity of Illness Index Occupational safety and health Developmental psychology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) De Lange Syndrome Injury prevention Self-destructive behavior medicine Humans Child Rehabilitation Human factors and ergonomics medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Neurology Child Preschool Observational study Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology Self-Injurious Behavior Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID |
| Popis: | Background There has been limited empirical research into the environmental causes of self-injury in Cornelia de Lange syndrome. The present study examined the variability of self-injurious behaviour in Cornelia de Lange syndrome across environmental setting events. Additionally, the association between setting events and more specific environmental events was examined. Method A descriptive analysis of observational data on eight children with Cornelia de Lange syndrome aged between 4 and 14 years was carried out. The association between self-injurious behaviour and four environmental setting events and between specific environmental events and setting events was examined using established statistical methods for observational data. Results Seven out of eight of the participants showed at least one form of self-injurious behaviour that was associated with a particular setting event. The study also demonstrated that the relationship between setting events and environmental events is extremely variable across individuals. Conclusions Self-injurious behaviour in some individuals with Cornelia de Lange syndrome is associated with environmental events although the precise nature of the association warrants clarification. Using broad setting events as a methodological tool in isolation provides some insight into the role of specific environmental factors in maintaining self-injurious behaviour but the integrity of setting events must be established. |
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