Children's and adults' understanding of illness: Evidence in support of a coexistence model

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-355

  Raman, Lakshmi ^a   Winer, Gerald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Illness; Immanent justice; Naive theories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMON COLD; CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMON COLD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0036878356     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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