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Child Health Psychology

by Karen A. Matthews, Barbara G. Melamed, Donald K. Routh, Neil Schneiderman, Brian Stabler. 348 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Karen A. Matthews, Barbara G. Melamed, Donald K. Routh, Neil Schneiderman, Brian Stabler

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Hillsdale, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1988
Subjects:   Child Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, Pediatrics--Psychological Aspects
Table of contents
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Section I. Prevention and Life Style
Section Overview: Prevention and Life Style in Child Health Psychology 5
1. Rewarding Elementary School Children for Their Use of Safety Belts and 17
2. An Experimental Study of the Physical and Psychological Effects of Aerobic Exercise on School Children and 29
3. Cognitive, Motivational, Social, and Environmental Influences on Children's Food Choices and 41
Section II. Personality and Emotional Behavior
Section Overview: Personality and Emotional Behavior 75
6. Stress and Coping in Early Adolescence: Relationships to Substance Use in Urban School Samples 95
Section III. Developmental Aspects of Illness Perception
9. Children's Concepts of Physical Illness: A Review and Critique of the Cognitive Developmental Literature and 153
Section IV. Perspectives on Acute Illness in Children
Section Overview: Current Approaches to Hospital Preparation 173
12. Mother-Child Patterns of Coping with Anticipatory Medical Stress , , , and 213
13. An Information Seeking Disposition in Child Surgery Patients and 235
Section V. Perspectives on Chronic Health Problems of Children
Section Overview: Perspectives on Chronic Childhood Illness 251
15. Perceived Stress and Diabetes Control in Adolescents and 289
18. Predicting Medical Compliance Among Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis and 335
Subject Index 345
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