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Parental response to child illness behavior.

L S Walker1, J L Zeman

  • 1Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

Journal of Pediatric Psychology
|February 1, 1992
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Parents may encourage children's illness behavior differently based on the child's age, gender, and the type of illness. Mothers and girls reported more encouragement for illness behaviors, particularly for gastrointestinal symptoms.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Pediatric Health
  • Social Learning Theory

Background:

  • Understanding parental responses to childhood illness is crucial for effective care.
  • Previous research has explored adult illness behavior, but less is known about children's.
  • The development of specific measurement tools is needed to assess children's illness behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how child age and gender, parent gender, and illness type influence parental encouragement of illness behavior.
  • To develop and validate the Illness Behavior Encouragement Scale for children.
  • To investigate symptom specificity in the learning of illness behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Study 1: Development and validation of the Illness Behavior Encouragement Scale.

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  • Study 2: Investigated parental responses based on child and parent demographics and illness type.
  • Utilized a social learning framework to understand illness behavior acquisition.

    • Main Results:

    • Mothers encouraged children's illness behavior more than fathers.
    • Parents encouraged sick role behaviors more for gastrointestinal symptoms than for cold symptoms.
    • Girls perceived greater parental encouragement of illness behavior (more sympathy, less responsibility) than boys.

    Conclusions:

    • Parental gender and child gender significantly moderate the encouragement of illness behaviors.
    • Illness type influences the extent to which parents encourage sick role behaviors.
    • Findings support symptom specificity in children's illness behavior learning and highlight gender differences in parental responses.