title: Psychological compensation in the individual with life-threatening illness: A study of adolescents with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: A sample of adolescents with cystic fibrosis was compared with a matched control group in a number of psychological dimensions. It was found that there were no significant differences between the groups in the aspects measured, and the reasons for this were explored.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male