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Walker, Lynn S. – 1985
Parents of chronically ill children are faced with the difficult task of being vigilant and yet not overprotective of their children. The literature suggests that parents hold a positive bias toward their ill children. Attribution theory gives a framework in which to study parents' ideas about their children's behavior. A study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior, Bias, Children
