Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: While much is known regarding childhood understanding of illness acquisition, little research has examined what children understand about the recovery process.The present studies seek toexplore what behaviors children view as important factors leading to recovery from serious and non-serious illness (cancer and colds).We found that children endorse biological behaviors over sociomoral behaviors for both illnesses.Additionally, while children do understand that mere association with illness does not lead to recovery, they struggle with differentiating between curative and preventive behaviors.Children did differentiate between cold and cancer in some, but not most, instances.The results of these studies have implications for the future of health education, as well as for treatment modalities for children diagnosed with serious illness.
Author: Canter, Kimberly
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W42674994