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Chronically ill kids subdue their emotions.(Brief Article)
2002 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with cancer and other chronic illnesses often adapt to their conditions by repressing their emotions, covering over feelings of depression and anxiety, a new study finds.
The children "are not just engaging in denial or impression management but genuinely think of themselves as well-adjusted, self-controlled and content, and they organize their behavior to protect that self-image," said the study's authors Sean Phipps, PhD, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Ric Steele, PhD, of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. "Such individuals are likely to seem very healthy on all self-report measures of mental health."
Children with cancer and serious chronic illnesses were much less likely to appear depressed or anxious based on common screening questions, according to the study published in the January issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
However, these children were also much more likely to measure high for defensiveness on another common screening questionnaire. Defensiveness is defined as a tendency to avoid or deny negative thoughts about one's self. It is assessed based on measures of "behaviors and attitudes that are socially desirable but ...
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