The social aspects of illness: Children's and parents' explanations of the relation between social categories and illness in a predominantly white U.S. sample.
Journal
Child development
ISSN: 1467-8624
Titre abrégé: Child Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0372725
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 May 2024
10 May 2024
Historique:
medline:
11
5
2024
pubmed:
11
5
2024
entrez:
11
5
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has had a disproportionate impact on Black, low-income, and elderly individuals. We recruited 175 predominantly white children ages 5-12 and their parents (N = 112) and asked which of two individuals (differing in age, gender, race, social class, or personality) was more likely to get sick with either COVID-19 or the common cold and why. Children and parents reported that older adults were more likely to get sick than younger adults, but reported few differences based on gender, race, social class, or personality. Children predominantly used behavioral explanations, but older children used more biological and structural explanations. Thus, children have some understanding of health disparities, and their understanding increases with age.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : 2027888
Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : 2055164
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.
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