Illness Is a Point of View: The Development of Children's Concepts of Illness.

Campbell, John D.

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ERIC Number: EJ118022

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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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