Coping strategies for hospital-related fears in pre-school-aged children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Salmela, Marja ^a   Salanterä, Sanna ^b   Ruotsalainen, Taru ^c   Aronen, Eeva T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coping strategies methods; Hospital related fears; Pre school aged children; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77949731126     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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