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ERIC Number: EJ118022
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Illness Is a Point of View: The Development of Children's Concepts of Illness
Campbell, John D.
Child Development, 46, 1, 92-100, Mar 75
Examines themes evident in children's and mother's definitions of illness to determine how views of illness develop. Subjects were 264 children (ages 6 to 12-11) and their mothers. Two issues were considered: (a) patterned similarity in illness definitions, and (b) developmental changes in illness concepts. (ED)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Diseases, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Development, Mother Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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