Children’s Prehospitalization Conceptions of Illness, Cognitive Development, and Personal Adjustment

Children's Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 103-110

  Carson, David K ^a   Gravley, Jill E ^a   Council, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026831448     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: 15326888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc2102_6     Document Type: Article

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