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Adjustment to Serious Childhood Illness

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 13))

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Health care professionals have come to recognize how distressing serious illness can be, how severely it can impede the day-to-day functioning of children and their families, and how much it challenges children’s sense of competence and well-being (Chesler & Barbarin, 1987; Christ & Flomenhaft, 1984). Mounting evidence of a relations between illness and psychological disturbance has given rise to concerns about the increased risk of deleterious psychosocial outcomes for children with serious illness and their families. The frequent hospitalizations, the intrusive regimes of medical care, and the uncertainty of survival associated with serious illness hamper adjustment and constitute a formidable obstacle to normal development. The number of children with illness severe enough to cause significant life disruption may be larger and increasing more rapidly than many of us realize.

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Barbarin, O.A. (1990). Adjustment to Serious Childhood Illness. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9835-6_10

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