Abstract
This study examined the relation between coping behavior and anxiety among school-age children anticipating an elective tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. The demographic variables of age, gender, previous hospitalization, and birth order were also studied in relation to both coping and anxiety. Interview methods were utilized to measure information-seeking and information-limiting coping behaviors and feelings of anxiety. The results of this study indicate that children who used primarily information-seeking or information-limiting strategies were successful (as measured by low anxiety levels) in managing the stress of anticipated hospitalization. Children using information-seeking strategies for some, but not all, aspects of the hospitalization experience reported the greatest anxiety. The demographic variables were not related to either anxiety or coping.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 87-97 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Children's Health Care |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Mar 1994 |
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- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Information-seeking coping and anxiety in school-age children anticipating surgery. / Thompson, Maureen L.
In: Children's Health Care, Vol. 23, No. 2, 03.1994, p. 87-97.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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