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.
Child Dev
; 2024 May 10.
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| ID: mdl-38730563
ABSTRACT
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.
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Child Dev
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2024
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Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos