PubMed · 9400230
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J K Bass. 1997. Down a twisted path.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9400230/
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Very little is known about the adult adaptation of individuals with sex chromosome abnormalities (SCA) except for a few reports based upon biased samples of clinically identified patients. This first report from the Denver SCA study on the adult psychosocial adaptation of 36 unselected propositi, identified at birth, shows a continuation of mild psychological and social problems. Psychiatric interviews and self-reported information revealed that adaptation is quite variable, with many of the nonmosaic propositi not faring as well as their siblings, but in a few instances exceeding the success of brothers and sisters. Within this group of SCA subjects a subset demonstrated more marked pathology and a tendency to over-rate their social adaptation relative to the psychiatric interviewer, suggesting that the exclusive use of self-report questionnaires may not provide accurate assessment of psychological characteristics in this and other special populations. The full adult SCA behavioral phenotype has not yet been established but is emerging through additional reports from this and other studies of unselected SCA adults.