Reducing Childhood Nightmares Subsequent to a Burn Trauma

Roberts, Richard N.; Gordon, Steven B.

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“…Early studies of pediatric burn adjustment explored issues such as generalized emotional problems (Woodward, 1959), behavioral and psychological problems requiring treatment (Vigliano, Hart, & Singer, 1964), motivation as related to vocational adjustment (Goldberg, Bernstein, & Crosby, 1975), severe nightmares (Roberts & Gordon, 1979), and depression (Stoddard, Stroud, & Murphy, 1992). Although these studies provided useful information for understanding the experiences of the children who had been burned, they failed to compare their adjustment to children without any history of burns.…”

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Hope and Social Support in Psychological Adjustment of Children Who Have Survived Burn Injuries and Their Matched Controls

Barnum

Snyder²,

Rapoff³

et al. 1998

Children's Health Care

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Hope and Social Support in Psychological Adjustment of Children Who Have Survived Burn Injuries and Their Matched Controls

Barnum

Snyder²,

Rapoff³

et al. 1998

Children's Health Care

183

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“…Desensitization techniques typically involve some form of gradual, repeated exposure to the fear stimulus under nonthreatening circumstances. Studies have found that such exposure strategies are effective in reducing young children's fear of small animals (Tones, 1924;Lazarus, 1974), loud noises (O'Reilly, 1971; Tasto, 1969), and fire (Roberts & Gordon, 1979). Desensitization has also been shown to be effective in alleviating similar fears among older children (Murphy & Bootzin, 1973;Wish, Hasazi, & Jurgela, 1973).…”

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Prior Exposure to Creatures From a Horror Film.

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This experiment assesses the impact of two exposure strntegies on children's emotional and wgnitive reactions to afrightening movie scene. Childrenfrom twograde levels (kindergarten andfirst vs. second thmughfourth) received a desensitization treatment in which moa'eled exposure to a live earthworm was factorially varied with exposure to graphic photogzaphs of worms takenfrom a h m f i l m . Children then viewed afrightening scene involving worms tnkenfmm this m e f i l m . Results indimted that exposure to photographs increased children's enjoyment of the movie segment and reduced f a r reactions to the scene. In wntmst, the live exposure strategy was effective in reducing fear reactions to the movie only among boys. However, live exposure did alter children's affective reactions to and judgments of w m themselves. Thefindings are discussed in terms of current theories of desemitiazfion and information processing. raphic and frightening mass media presentations have become increasingly popular over the past decade. Friday the 13th Part G VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Halloween V, and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child are just a few examples of recent box office suc-Audrey J. Weiss (MA, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on the impact of mass media on children's cognitive and emotional reactions. Dorothy J. Imrz'ch is a doctoral student in the same department and is interested in the psychological effects of the mass media. Barbara I. Wilson (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985)is an associate professor in the

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“…This finding is consistent with clinical studies of desensitization. Research indicates that gradual exposure to a fear object reduces phobic reactions in younger children between the ages 2 and 7 (Jones, 1924;O'Reilly, 1971;Roberts & Gordon, 1979;Sheslow, Bondy, & Nelson, 1983;Tasto, 1969) and in older elementary school children (Murphy & Bootzin, 1973;Wish, Hasazi, & Jurgela, 1973).…”

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Reducing Children's Emotional Reactions to Mass Media Through Rehearsed Explanationand Exposure to a Replica of a Fear Object

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1987

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Reducing Childhood Nightmares Subsequent to a Burn Trauma

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Hope and Social Support in Psychological Adjustment of Children Who Have Survived Burn Injuries and Their Matched Controls

Hope and Social Support in Psychological Adjustment of Children Who Have Survived Burn Injuries and Their Matched Controls

Prior Exposure to Creatures From a Horror Film.

Reducing Children's Emotional Reactions to Mass Media Through Rehearsed Explanationand Exposure to a Replica of a Fear Object

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