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Selective mutism and temperament: the silence and behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar.
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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry . Oct2016, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p1113-1120. 8p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a suspected precursor of selective mutism. However, investigations on early behavioral inhibition of children with selective mutism are lacking. Children aged 3-18 with lifetime selective mutism ( n = 109), social phobia ( n = 61), internalizing behavior ( n = 46) and healthy controls ( n = 118) were assessed using the parent-rated Retrospective Infant Behavioral Inhibition (RIBI) questionnaire. Analyses showed that children with lifetime selective mutism and social phobia were more inhibited as infants and toddlers than children of the internalizing and healthy control groups, who displayed similar low levels of behavioral inhibition. Moreover, behavioral inhibition was higher in infants with lifetime selective mutism than in participants with social phobia according to the Total BI score ( p = 0.012) and the Shyness subscale ( p < 0.001). Infant behavioral inhibition, particularly towards social stimuli, is a temperamental feature associated with a lifetime diagnosis of selective mutism. Results yield first evidence of the recently hypothesized temperamental origin of selective mutism. Children at risk should be screened for this debilitating child psychiatric condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANALYSIS of covariance
*CHI-squared test
*COMPARATIVE studies
*STATISTICAL correlation
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*MUTISM
*PHOBIAS
*PROBABILITY theory
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*SOCIAL skills
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*STATISTICS
*T-test (Statistics)
*TEMPERAMENT
*DATA analysis
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10188827
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118353724
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0835-4