What are the causes of dependent personality disorder?

What are the causes of dependent personality disorder?

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There are no known causes for "dependent personality disorder", but there does appear to be an association. People who have "separation anxiety disorder" from childhood may be at higher risk to develop "dependent personality disorder". You can even sometimes detect "dependant personality disorder" in people who suffered a lot of medical illness when they were younger. This illness seems to have effected the development of fully formed self-confidence, which is required to operate independently as adults. This hasn't been proven however, it's just an associative finding.