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ERIC Number: EJ392225
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Relation between Severity of Chronic Illness and Adjustment in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease.
Hurtig, Anita Landau; And Others
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, v14 n1 p117-32 Mar 1989
The study with 70 children and adolescents with sickle cell disease did not support the hypothesis that illness severity (measured by frequency of hospitalization) would affect adjustment (measured by IQ, self-esteem, social and personal adjustment, behavioral problems, school performance, and peer relations). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Diseases, Emotional Adjustment, Hospitalized Children, Peer Relationship, Self Esteem, Sickle Cell Anemia, Social Development, Special Health Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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