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ERIC Number: EJ336338
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Children's Illnesses: Their Beneficial Effects on Behavioral Development.
Parmelee, Arthur H. Jr.
Child Development, v57 n1 p1-10 Feb 1986
Discusses potential beneficial effects of children's illnesses on their behavioral development. It is argued, on the basis of clinical experience and related research, that minor illnesses give children many opportunities to increase knowledge of self, other, prosocial behavior, and empathy and to realistically understand the sick role. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Children, Diseases, Incidence, Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Illness