A postural sign in the sensory deprivation syndrome in infants

Krieger, Ingeborg; Sargent, Douglas A.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(67)80129-x

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“…Non-organic FTT children have been described as apathetic, passive, irritable, having poor appetites, histories of feeding problems and an inability to interact with their physical and emotional environments (Bullard et al, 1967;Krieger and Sargant, 1967;Powell and Low, 1983). These characteristics may make it difficult for carers to interact with these children and to enjoy them.…”

Section: Non-organic Failure-to-thrivementioning

confidence: 99%

Attachment style in adults who failed to thrive as children: outcomes of a 20 year follow-up study of factors influencing maintenance or change in attachment style

Iwaniec¹,

Sneddon²

2001

British Journal of Social Work

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A group of children identified as non-organic failure-to-thrive between 1977 and 1980 were investigated, assessed and provided with social work intervention and treatment. Those children and their families have been followed up for the last 20 years. The current paper examines the stability of an internal working model in a sample of individuals who had failed to thrive as children, by comparing each individual's adult attachment style with their childhood attachment to their mother. In this sample, several cases showed changes from insecure to secure attachment styles. Possible reasons are discussed for positive and negative changes, as well as cases when there was no change in attachment style. These include the effectiveness of intervention in addition to changes in life circumstances. The findings suggest that when appropriate support and intervention is provided, or when different circumstances or relationships are experienced, internal working models can change.

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Section: Non-organic Failure-to-thrivementioning

confidence: 99%

Attachment style in adults who failed to thrive as children: outcomes of a 20 year follow-up study of factors influencing maintenance or change in attachment style

Iwaniec¹,

Sneddon²

2001

British Journal of Social Work

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“…Recently, the role of the child in the development of NOFT has been explored in light of the possibility that children with NOFT may be constitutionally vulnerable, and, thus, contribute to their own growth failure. There is some evidence that babies with NOFT are passive, depressed, withdrawn, and developmentally delayed (Drotar, Malone, & Negray, 1980;Krieger & Sargent, 1967;Whitten, Pettit, & Pischoff, 1969). However, other infants with NOFT are reported to be irritable, rigid, difficult, hyperkinetic, and angry (Evans et al, 1972;Haks-Ikse, 1975;Leonard et al, 1966;Rosenn, Loeb, & Jura, 1980;Shapiro, Fraiberg, & Adelson, 1976).…”

Section: Theoretical Explanationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non-organic failure-to-thrive: Deprivation or distortion?

Crittenden

1987

Infant Ment. Health J.

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Infants diagnosed non‐organic failure‐to‐thrive (NOFT) show arrested physical development. The cause of the growth delay and of the accompanying behavioral anomalies is not known, but generally is attributed to maternal deprivation. This study investigated the hypothesis that family hostility was also a contributing factor. NOFT families were compared with maltreating and adequate families and found to be larger and more intact, but characterized by extremely distressed interpersonal relationships and family violence. This result was interpreted as suggesting that NOFT resulted from the stress of both insufficient and inappropriate treatment of the infant. The source of the stress was observed to include the entire family, the members of which were displaying other psychosomatic manifestations of stress.

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“…Though some research suggests that overt pathology is not more likely in FTT mothers than in "normal" mothers (Pollitt, Eichler, & Chan, 1975), the bulk of the literature supports the presence of some psychological or personality problems in FTT mothers. For example, it has been noted that these mothers exhibit passivity, loneliness and isolation, helpless and desperate feelings, anger and anxiety, and possess low self-esteem (Barbero & Shaheen, 1967;Jacobucci, 1965;Krieger & Sargent, 1967;Rosenberg & Cook, 1976). Such characteristics are likely to be fairly chronic in nature and predispose the mother to difficulty in coping with the stresses of child care.…”

Section: Psychological/emotional Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%