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Social behaviour and illness information interact to influence the peer acceptance of children with chronic illness
- Authors:
- ALDERFER Melissa A., WIEBE Deborah J., HARTMANN Donald P.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Health Psychology, 6(3), September 2001, pp.243-255.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study investigates social behaviour as a contributor to the peer acceptance of children with chronic illness. Results found that although children described as ill received lower acceptance ratings than healthy children, prosocial/ill children were more accepted than aggressive/ill children. Social behaviour interacted with physical status to affect acceptance. Concludes that social behaviour influences the peer acceptance of hypothetical children with chronic illness. Prosocial behaviour enhances acceptances of children described with illness, while aggressive behaviour hampers it. Additionally, prosocial behaviour is more, while aggressive behaviour is less damaging for children described as ill versus healthy. The potential processes by which peers judge acceptance of children with illness are discussed.