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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2000, pp. 301-308
© 2000 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Everyday Pain Responses in Children With and Without Developmental Delays

Cheryl A. Gilbert-MacLeod, MA1, Kenneth D. Craig, PhD1, Elizabete M. Rocha, BA2 and Michelle D. Mathias, BA1

1 University of British Columbia, 2 University of Northern British Columbia

All correspondence should be sent to Kenneth Craig, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4. E-mail : kcraig{at}cortex.psych.ubc.ca

Objective : To examine whether children with developmental delays respond to painful events differently than nondelayed children.

Methods : Sixty families participated. Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years were observed at daycare centers while engaged in usual daily activities, such as free play. Spontaneous painful incidents and the child's responses were recorded using an observational measure (Dalhousie Everyday Pain Scale) designed to capture pain behavior.

Results : Children with developmental delays (n = 24) displayed a less intense distress response to an equivocal pain event than nondelayed children (n = 36). Children with developmental delays were more likely to display no reaction following a pain event, whereas children without delays cried more often. Further, children with developmental delays engaged in fewer help-seeking behaviors and were less likely to display a social response following a pain event than nondelayed children.

Conclusions : Children with developmental delays appear to react in a different manner to pain events than nondelayed children do ; we discuss a possible socio-communicative deficit.

Key words: developmental delays; pain response; communication deficits.


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