Precursors and diverse pathways to personality disorder in children and adolescents

A major goal of these two Special Issues, of which this issue is Part 1, is to examine the precursors and diverse pathways to the development of personality disorders in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Because personality disorders do not appear de novo in late adolescence and during the peri...

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Published in:Development and psychopathology 2009-08, Vol.21 (3), p.683-685
Main Authors: Cicchetti, Dante, Crick, Nicki R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Child
Child development
Child psychology
Children
Children & youth
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Humans
Mental disorders
Pathology
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - epidemiology
Personality Disorders - psychology
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology, Child
Psychopathology
Studies
System theory
Teenagers
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Summary:A major goal of these two Special Issues, of which this issue is Part 1, is to examine the precursors and diverse pathways to the development of personality disorders in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Because personality disorders do not appear de novo in late adolescence and during the period of emerging adulthood, the investigation of the precursors and pathways to personality disorder during childhood and adolescence is essential to the formulation of life span developmental models of personality disorder. Another major concern with diagnosing personality disorders in children relates to the possible stigmatization that could result (Hinshaw & Cicchetti, 2000). Because personality pathology has often been viewed as being unmodifiable and recalcitrant to intervention, it was thought that diagnosing a child with a personality disorder could lead to a lifelong categorization of dysfunction. [...]developmental psychopathologists assert that the study of normality and psychopathology are mutually influential. [...]investigations of the development of normal personality and personality disorder should proceed in tandem (Shiner, 2009 [this issue]). Alternative proposals for conceptualizing personality disorders in DSM-V are presently being proffered. Because of the significance of the topic, we have devoted two Special Issues to studies investigating precursors and diverse pathways to personality disorder in children and adolescents.
ISSN:0954-5794
1469-2198
DOI:10.1017/S0954579409000388