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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 23(2) pp. 111-120, 1998
© 1998 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Problem Behaviors and Personality of Children and Adolescents With Prader-Willi Syndrome

Cornells F. M. van Lieshout, PhD1,5, Ronald E. de Meyer, Msc1, Leopold M. G. Curfs, PhD2, Hans M. Koot, PhD3 and Jean-Pierre Fryns, MD4

1University of Nijmegen Maastricht, 2Clinical Genetics Center Maastricht, 3Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands, 4Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven Belgium

5All correspondence should be sent to Cornells F. M. van Lieshout, Department of Psychology, University of Nijmegen, P. O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nij-megen, The Netherlands. E-mail: vanlieshout{at}psych.kun.nl

Objective: Compare behavioral and emotional problems of children and adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and clients consulting mental health centers (MHC) and related behavioral and emotional problems to the children's personality in the PWS group.

Methods: Participants were 39 children with PWS and 585 matched MHC dlents. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) syndromes were related to the Big-Five personality factors measured with the California Child Q-sort (CCQ).

Results: Mean CBCL Total Problems scores were not different for the PWS and MHC groups, but differences were found for several of the CBCL subscales. Patterns of correlations among CBCL scales were similar In both groups, although coefficients were generally higher in the PWS group, indicating higher comorbidity or co-absence of CBCL syndromes in children and adolescents with PWS. Personality profiles were specific for Internalizing and Externalizing problems of children and adolescents with PWS.

Key words: Prader–Willi Syndrome; Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); California Child Q-sort (CCQ); Big Five personality factors; externalizing; internalizing.


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