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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2000, pp. 151-159
© 2000 Society of Pediatric Psychology

A Reexamination of a Childhood Cancer Stereotype

Brenda A. Wiens, MA and Brenda O. Gilbert, PhD

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

All correspondence should be sent to Brenda O. Gilbert, Psychology Department, Life Sciences II Room 281, Mailcode 6502, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. E-mail: bgilbert{at}siu.edu or wiens@siu.edu .

Objective: To examine whether young adults have stereotypical beliefs toward children who have been treated for cancer.

Methods: Undergraduate participants read a vignette describing a child labeled either healthy (HL), in remission from cancer and no longer undergoing treatment (RCL), or in remission and still undergoing treatment (RCTL) and rated the child on the Ratings of the Child Questionnaire (ROCQ). Univariate and multivariate analyses of variance were conducted.

Results: Participants rated the HL child more positively than the RCL or RCTL child; the RCL and RCTL child ratings did not differ. Females evaluated the child more positively than did males.

Conclusions: These results support previous findings of a childhood cancer stereotype. However, effect sizes were small, which may indicate a weak stereotype with these specific participants.

Key words: cancer; children; stereotype.


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