Disinhibited Attachment Disorder - Studies

Studies

In a study by Zeanah, (Zeanah et al., 2004) on reactive attachment disorder in maltreated toddlers, the criteria for DSM-IV disinhibited RAD (i.e. disinhibited attachment disorder) were:

  1. not having a discriminated, preferred attachment figure,
  2. not checking back after venturing away from the caregiver,
  3. lack of reticence with unfamiliar adults,
  4. a willingness to go off with relative strangers.

For comparison, the criteria for DSM-IV inhibited RAD were:

  1. absence of a discriminated, preferred adult,
  2. lack of comfort seeking for distress,
  3. failure to respond to comfort when offered,
  4. lack of social and emotional reciprocity, and
  5. emotion regulation difficulties.

The authors found that these two disorders were not completely independent; a few children may exhibit symptoms of both types of the disorder.

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