Altruism: Choices of healthy and chronically ill children

Seagle, Heather; Jessee, Peggy O.; Nagy, M. Christine

doi:10.1080/03004430215097

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“…This reinforces the idea that, on the one hand, it is essential to appeal to an affective component and not just the instrumental dimension of the therapeutic relationship (Seagle et al, 2002), and, on the other hand, it is essential to deconstruct discursive barriers which may emphasise paternalistic perspectives (Gvion & Luzzatto, 2008). The physicians themselves acknowledged this:…”

Section: Phase 1: Meanings Associated With Living With a Chronic Diseasementioning

confidence: 78%

The Values of Empowerment and Citizenship and the Experience of Children and Adolescents with a Chronic Disease

Pais

Guedes

Menezes

2012

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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In spite of becoming progressively common, chronic diseases are quite invisible in modern societies, as these silent diseases are relatively absent from public socio-political debates. As a consequence, social agents and institutions seem to reveal significant difficulties in coping with the singularities of children and adolescents with a chronic disease and their parents. This article stresses the importance of recognising children and adolescents with a chronic disease as citizens who have both special needs and special rights, and emphasises the important role of support associations as mediators among various actors in the health sphere (private, public, political, medical institutions …). This research focuses on the empowerment, well-being and participation behind the experience of chronic conditions as perceived by children and adolescents with chronic illnesses, their families, and health and educational professionals. The data collected includes interviews, focus group discussions, questionnaires and a family narrative. The results suggest that there is a strong need for alternative discourses about citizenship and participation in the life experiences of people with a chronic disease, especially because the quality of their life contexts appears to be a determinant factor for well-being and empowerment.

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Section: Phase 1: Meanings Associated With Living With a Chronic Diseasementioning

confidence: 78%

The Values of Empowerment and Citizenship and the Experience of Children and Adolescents with a Chronic Disease

Pais

Guedes

Menezes

2012

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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“…It must be kept in mind that only few of the reviewed studies were actually designed to explicitly test the research question that is posed in this paper. Exceptions include Hannah and Midlarsky (2005), Kahana et al (1985), Penner et al (2005), Raboteg-Š aric et al (1994), and Seagle et al (2002), which have been reviewed in detail. In all other studies, the relevant piece of evidence is often an exploratory finding, or embedded in other research questions, and it is therefore not surprising that methodological requirements for testing the altruism born of suffering hypothesis have not been met adequately.…”

Section: Methodological Limitations and Future Research Directionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Longitudinal data from this study also show that chronically ill children remained more prosocial over time than the healthy control group, and that those who had received more intense treatment were perceived by peers as more prosocial 2 years later. Similarly, Seagle, Jessee, and Nagy (2002) found that chronically ill, hospitalized children made significantly more altruistic choices in a story-task than non-hospitalized children did. The authors suggest that these differences may be explained in part by the exposure to altruistic role models (e.g., nurses and doctors), as well as to other ill children they can relate to.…”

Section: Altruism Born Of Suffering Not Caused Intentionally or Throumentioning

confidence: 93%

“…In situations of experienced harm, this includes required helpfulness (Rachman, 1979; see also Hannah & Midlarsky, 2005;McHale & Gamble, 1989), and the reciprocity norm of mutual helping that is apparent in the ''altruistic community'' (Kaniasty & Norris, 1995a, b). After the traumatic event, environmental control includes altruistic role models (Seagle et al, 2002) and support from others (Kishon-Barash et al, 1999), especially supportive relationships with survivors of similar events (Kleinman, 1989; see also Magen & Glajchen, 1999). Conversely, in the absence of a supportive environment, altruism born of suffering may be inhibited (Kishon-Barash et al, 1999).…”

Section: Motivational Processes and Volitional Factorsmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Altruism Born of Suffering and Prosocial Behavior Following Adverse Life Events: A Review and Conceptualization

2009

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This paper introduces the concept of ''altruism born of suffering,'' and provides a review and integration of relevant research and theories from various disciplines. In contrast to the well-supported notion that prosocial behavior is rooted in positive experiences, whereas violence and adversity often contribute to further violence and antisocial behavior, it is proposed that suffering may actually enhance the motivation to help other disadvantaged members of society, including outgroups. A motivational process model is presented that includes a typology of altruism born of suffering, integrates clinical and social psychological perspectives on underlying processes, and proposes potential mediators and moderators. Relevant empirical studies are reviewed that provide initial support for this model. A particular emphasis is placed on victims of group-based violence, and implications for intergroup relations and social justice.Keywords Altruism Á Prosocial behavior Á Suffering Á Collective violence Á Intergroup relations A commonly held view is that altruism and prosocial behavior originate in positive experiences and processes, whereas antisocial behavior is often rooted in negative conditions and life experiences. Indeed, social psychological theories of altruism and prosocial behavior tend to study the phenomenon in the general population and have focused on positive factors, whereas most research on traumatic events and adverse life experiences is centered in the field of clinical psychology and has focused on negative, psychopathological effects.

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“…The coping strategies among children with chronic illness have been identified as being a resilient feature because it has been hypothesized that the children have learned to adjust and manage a chronic, potentially life-threatening illness, and have developed coping tools that enable them to better handle common and illness-related stressors (Hampel, Rudolph, Stachow, Lab-Lentzsch, & Petermann, 2005). Similarly, children who have been hospitalized are more likely to provide altruistic choices on social scenario tasks than their nonhospitalized school peers (Seagle, Jessee, & Nagy, 2002). They are also more likely than their healthy peers to take the perspective of a person in need (Sterling & Friedman, 1996).…”

Section: Social and Emotional Needsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Hospital‐to‐school transition for children with chronic illness: Meeting the new challenges of an evolving health care system

Shaw

McCabe

2007

Psychology in the Schools

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Chronic illness is common and has a profound impact on the education of affected children. A variety of approaches and programs to facilitate the transition from hospital to school for children with chronic health problems has been described in the literature. Traditional transition plans may no longer be effective because medical service delivery has changed to reduce long‐term hospital stays while increasing outpatient care. As a result, comprehensive hospital‐to‐school transitions increasingly emphasize home and family involvement that includes homebound instruction strategies, flexible school days, using differentiated instructional strategies, increasing child autonomy, and addressing affective issues. This article describes the needs of children with chronic illness, identifies educational programming consistent with the current health care system, and describes current hospital‐to‐school transition plans that integrate systemic needs of schools and health care systems with the needs of children with chronic illness. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Altruism: Choices of healthy and chronically ill children

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

The Values of Empowerment and Citizenship and the Experience of Children and Adolescents with a Chronic Disease

The Values of Empowerment and Citizenship and the Experience of Children and Adolescents with a Chronic Disease

Altruism Born of Suffering and Prosocial Behavior Following Adverse Life Events: A Review and Conceptualization

Hospital‐to‐school transition for children with chronic illness: Meeting the new challenges of an evolving health care system

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