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Development and Behaviour in Genetic Syndromes: Prader‐Willi Syndrome
Author(s) -
Boer Harm,
Clarke David
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1999.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - mood , psychology , clinical psychology , young adult , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine
Development and behaviour was investigated in samples of 210 children and adults with Prader‐Willi syndrome (PWS) using the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes Postal Questionnaire. There were few differences between males and females. Children and adults were compared. Most adults with PWS had good self‐care skills and good use of speech. Most adults walked without problems but many needed help to dress. PWS adults had more problems than children with daytime sleepiness and other sleep problems, unusual routines and self‐injury; and fewer problems with faddy eating, verbal abuse and stubbornness. Changeable mood was a problem for both adults and children, adults had more problems with low mood.