Research suggests that children cope best with painful medical procedures when ____.

Research suggests that children cope best with painful medical procedures when ____.
 
  a. they are given an anesthetic
 b. the procedure is explained first
 c. they are given little information about the procedure beforehand
 d. their mothers are not in the room when the procedure is being conducted

Question 2

Which of the following has not been linked to parental adaptation in families where a child suffers from a chronic illness?
 
  a. a sense of self-efficacy
 b. cohesive family relationships
 c. effective use of denial as a coping strategy
  d. perceived social support

Question 3

Across all medical conditions, the illness parameters that play the most significant role in children's adjustment are ____.
 
  a. visibility to others, presence of physical deformity, and severity
 b. intrusiveness and painfulness of treatments, visibility to others, and prognosis
 c. presence of physical deformity, severity, and functional status
 d. severity of illness and functional impairment

Question 4

For children with brain-related illnesses, the areas of neurocognitive functioning most likely to be affected by the primary effects of their illnesses are ____.
 
  a. verbal abilities and attention functions
 b. nonverbal abilities and attention functions
 c. verbal abilities and long-term memory functions
 d. attention functions and long-term memory functions

Question 5

In a longitudinal study of children with cancer, adolescents were perceived by their teachers as more ____.
 
  a. sociable
 b. likely to be leaders
 c. socially isolated
 d. chronically depressed