Hospitalization, Later Onset of the Disease, and Psychological Problems of Chronically Ill Children:

SAGE Open

Ashiq Ali Shah¹ 

关键词: psychology;    social sciences;    health psychology;    applied psychology;    clinical psychology;    developmental psychology;    experimental psychology;    personality;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244013500279

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This study examined disease-related variables that are thought to play some role in exacerbating psychological problems among chronically ill children. The participants included 63 parents of children suffering from cancer, epilepsy, and asthma. The parents rated their children’s behavioral and emotional problems and provided information on the frequency of hospitalization, onset, and duration of the illness and the age of the child at the disease onset. The Child Behavior Checklist was used. Multiple-regression analysis and correlations were computed to determine the relationship of disease-related variables to the psychological problems of the children. One-way, between-subject ANOVA was used to analyze the psychological problems of children of different age groups. The results showed positive relationships between the frequency of hospitalization and the later onset of the illness and the psychological problems among children. It also showed that children in the age group of 7 to 11 years had the highest number of problems compared with other age groups. The psychological healing aspects of the family and the culture on the children’s illnesses in the collectivist societies have been discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY