Behavioral adjustment and self-concept of young children with hemangiomas.
This study was conducted to determine the behavioral responses and self-concepts of young children with self-limited but transiently disfiguring capillary hemangiomas involving the head and neck. Nineteen children with hemangiomas, age 3 to 5 years, and their parents were compared with an age-matched control group without lesions. Responses to a parental checklist, informal interview, and self-concept test showed few differences between young children with hemangiomas and those without this neoplasm.
Dieterich-Miller
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Cleveland State University, OH 44115.
Cohen
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Liggett
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept