Cormier P P
J Psychiatr Nurs Ment Health Serv. 1979 Jun;17(6):28-35.
This study proposed to measure objectively the behaviors of children in the hospital setting in order to combine the data on the particular aspects of behaviors or symptoms into global measures or typologies of psychological upset. It attempts to offer a good, single measure for predicting behavior of children in psychological upset. Thirty-one subjects in this study, observed in the hospital setting, are clustered together to identify typologies derived from child behaviors in the hospital. These children were divided into three factors which correspond with the three stages of hospitalization: Factor I typified Stage III -- Denial; Factor II typified Stage II -- Despair; and Factor III typified Stage I -- Protest. The study offers direction to objectively and systematically evaluate the effects of hospitalization on children. It also suggests that observational ratings of child behaviors in the hospital may be accurate predictors of the degree of psychological upset a child is experiencing at a certain point in time. It also has particular implications for strategies which hospital staff could employ when they observe particular stages that children manifest.
本研究旨在客观测量儿童在医院环境中的行为，以便将行为或症状特定方面的数据整合为心理困扰的整体测量或类型。它试图提供一个良好的单一测量方法来预测处于心理困扰中的儿童的行为。本研究中在医院环境中观察的31名受试者被聚集在一起，以识别源自儿童在医院行为的类型。这些儿童被分为与住院三个阶段相对应的三个因素：因素I代表第三阶段——否认；因素II代表第二阶段——绝望；因素III代表第一阶段——抗议。该研究为客观、系统地评估住院对儿童的影响提供了方向。它还表明，对儿童在医院行为的观察评分可能是儿童在某一时刻所经历的心理困扰程度的准确预测指标。它对医院工作人员在观察到儿童表现出的特定阶段时可采用的策略也有特别的启示。
