Chronic Childhood Disease

An Introduction to Psychological Theory and Research

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Paperback | 26 November 1990

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The author draws extensively on the published research findings in child health psychology, and also on her own experience of working with paediatric medical and nursing staff. The emphasis throughout her book is on coping, and helping families to cope, with the stresses imposed by chronic childhood illness. Frequent hospital admissions, pain and its evaluation and control, adjustment and sources of support, communication, education and programmes for intervention, all of these topics are discussed sensitively and with authority.

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"...a useful contribution to classroom, clinic, and laboratory for students and researchers. Its selective development of ideas more than compensates for its slightly pedantic tone. It is challenging and rewarding." James E. Lindemann, Contemporary Psychology "...a valuable resource for the pediatric nephrology nursing practitioner." Cyrena Gilman, ANNA Journal

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Non-Fiction Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine Diseases & Disorders Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology Society & Culture Social Groups Age Groups Age Groups for Children Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology

Psychotherapy Paediatric Medicine

Preface	p. ix
Psychological perspectives in chronic childhood disease	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Integration with developmental psychology	p. 3
Integration of research and clinical practice	p. 6
Overview	p. 8
Admission to hospital	p. 11
Introduction	p. 11
Psychological impact of admission	p. 14
Preparation for hospital	p. 17
Preparation of well children	p. 18
Evaluations of well child programmes	p. 20
Preparation of acutely sick children	p. 21
The role of parents	p. 25
Conclusions	p. 26
The nature of pain	p. 28
Introduction	p. 28
The measurement and assessment of pain	p. 29
Distinctions between measurement and assessment	p. 30
Measurement of pain	p. 30
Cognitive or self-report methods	p. 30
Behavioural methods	p. 31
Physiological methods	p. 33
Assessment of pain	p. 33
Developmental changes in understanding and experience of pain	p. 34
Definitions and understanding of pain	p. 34
Symptom-reporting	p. 36
Coping strategies	p. 36
Intervention strategies	p. 38
Relaxation	p. 38
Puppet therapy	p. 38
Hypnosis	p. 39
Coping with stress-inoculation	p. 40
Conclusions	p. 41
Adjustment in the child with chronic disease	p. 42
Introduction	p. 42
The incidence of 'maladjustment' in chronically sick children	p. 44
Problems of definition	p. 44
Methodological issues	p. 45
Theoretical approaches	p. 46
Population-based research	p. 48
Asthma	p. 49
Birth defects	p. 51
Cancer	p. 51
Diabetes	p. 53
Haemophilia	p. 53
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis	p. 54
Renal disease	p. 56
Sickle-cell anaemia	p. 56
Spina bifida	p. 57
Studies involving more than one disease group	p. 57
Conclusions	p. 58
Adjustment in the family	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
Knowledge	p. 62
Variables which determine maternal adjustment	p. 63
Risk factors	p. 64
Disease and disability parameters	p. 64
Resistance factors	p. 67
Family environment	p. 67
Social support	p. 68
Marital adjustment	p. 69
General correlates of coping in families	p. 70
Siblings	p. 72
Family communication and interaction	p. 74
Conclusions	p. 76
Communication and education	p. 78
Introduction	p. 78
The communication of 'bad news'	p. 79
Children's understanding of chronic disease	p. 81
Developmental changes in children's understanding of illness	p. 83
The cognitive stage approach to studying children's concepts of illness	p. 84
Concepts of illness	p. 84
Concepts of the body	p. 85
Concepts of death	p. 86
Concepts of related health and illness issues	p. 86
Criticisms of the 'stage' model	p. 88
Alternative theoretical approaches	p. 89
The 'script' approach	p. 90
Conclusions	p. 91
Intervention programmes	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
Programmes to increase disease-related knowledge	p. 93
Programmes to increase self-care skills	p. 95
Programmes to improve social skills	p. 98
Interventions with families and schools	p. 100
Programmes to improve participation in school-life	p. 100
Interventions for parents	p. 102
Interventions with bereaved families	p. 103
Conclusions	p. 104
Coping with chronic disease	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Theoretical approaches to understanding coping during childhood	p. 105
Coping with everyday stress	p. 111
Interpersonal stress	p. 112
School-related stress	p. 113
Conclusions	p. 114
Future directions	p. 116
Developmental perspectives	p. 116
Structuralist versus functionalist approaches	p. 118
The psychological effects of chronic disease on the child	p. 119
Chronic disease: a single diagnosis?	p. 119
Outcome measures	p. 121
Intelligence	p. 121
Social development	p. 122
Personality	p. 123
Other issues in child adjustment research	p. 123
Time	p. 123
Gender	p. 124
Adjustment in families	p. 125
Psychology-paediatric liaison	p. 126
References	p. 128
Author index	p. 159
Subject index	p. 170
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