Chronically Ill children: A psychologically and emotionally deviant population?
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Vol. 4 (2) , 99-110
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00916515
Abstract
The study evaluated the psychosocial functioning levels of a group of chronically ill (diabetic, asthmatic, cystic fibrotic, and hearing-impaired) children across a battery of standardized personality instruments. The assessments were performed to provide a rigorous test of the popular hypothesis that chronically ill children are especially vulnerable to psychopathology. In contrast to this stereotype, results across measures demonstrated the normalcy rather than the deviance of these children. Although exceptions were noted, the children's functional strengths and coping abilities noticeably outweighed their weaknesses.Keywords
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