title: Self-concepts of chronically ill children.
abstract: This is an investigation of the self-concept of chronically ill children with blood disease. The responses of 54 chronically ill girls and boys, aged 3 1/2 to 12, were compared with the responses of 115 healthy girls and boys, aged 3 1/2 to 10 1/2, by means of a projective drawing procedure. Few differences were found between the groups. Results were interpreted in terms of coping theory. Sex and age differences were obtained for both groups.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept