Journal of Pediatric Psychology 18(5) pp. 593-604, 1993
© 1993 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Effects of Maternal Distraction Versus Reassurance on Children's Reactions to Injections1
University of Miami, University of Miami School of Medicine
2All correspondence should be sent to Juan C. Gonzalez, The Children's Psychiatric Center, Inc., David J. Markenson Unit, 430 West 66th Street, Hialesh, Florida 33012
Manipulated experimentally mothers' verbal behavior during a routine intramuscular injection in order to help clarify the role of nonprocedural talk (distraction) and parental reassurance on children's reaction to the injection. 42 child-mother dyads were recruited from a general pediatric primary care clinic and were randomly assigned to a parental reassurance, parental nonprocedural talk (distraction) or minimal-treatment control group. Children in the maternal distraction condition exhibited significantly less distress during the immunization injection than those in the reassurance and control conditions. Specifically, children in the maternal distraction group exhibited less crying than children in the other two groups. Children in the reassurance and control groups did not differ from each other in terms of behavioral distress. The present findings serve further to bolster the evidence for the efficacy of maternal distraction as a way to ameliorate child distress during invasive medical procedures.
Key words: child; mother; distraction; reassurance; injection.
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