Body image issues for children and adolescents with burns.
Body image is a far-reaching, multidimensional, dynamic concept. Because burn injuries threaten the integrity of both the physical and psychologic identity, body-image issues related to burn injuries appear to be a meaningful area of investigation. Little research has been done to directly assess body-image issues for children and adolescents with burns. We reviewed the general findings that body-image adaptation occurs and is influenced by gender, social support, burn severity, overall adjustment, and developmental stage. It is suggested that body-image revision, if it occurs, is largely successful, but body-image issues may not be directly related to psychosocial adjustment after a burn injury.
McQuaid
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University of Glasgow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Scotland.
Barton
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Campbell
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001828:Body Image; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support