title: Psychosocial factors affecting a child's capacity to cope with surgery and recovery.
abstract: Medical stressors associated with illness and surgery make extraordinary psychological demands on children. A child's coping abilities, both emotional and cognitive, are at the heart of adjustment to these demands. Social support is also an important element in the child's ability to recover psychologically. Finally, a child's previous medical experiences, psychiatric problems, and learning disabilities may affect the child's behavior.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*