2007-03-09 13:27:39 · 4 answers · asked by Jax 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
...I mean as they grow older...do they tend to display that sort of behavior as they have always been the focus of all of their parent's attention, time, money...
2007-03-09 13:40:02 · update #1
Histrionic personality disorder involves a pattern of excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness. It usually begins in early adulthood.
I feel this has very little to do with being an only child. Only children often are very confident and stable. This behavior sound like someone with problems with dealing with siblings.
2007-03-09 13:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by vande-man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!!! Adults may have the tendency, children just have learned that the tantrums and crying get the attention of adults who usually given in and the child gets what they wanted or out of a task they did not like. I bet if you looked up histronic personality disorder in the DSM IV it would apply only to adults.
2007-03-09 13:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you mean adult children without siblings.
No, HPD appears to be equally distributed throughout this demographic.
2007-03-09 13:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by P T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This disease is NEVER present in children. I even searched the Internet to find proof of this for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality_disorder
2007-03-09 13:35:12 · answer #4 · answered by MAK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋