Publications by authors named "Victoria Vaden"
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- - Over three million children in the U.S. are hospitalized annually, highlighting the need for psychosocial support services to address the emotional impacts of hospitalization on young patients.
- - A review of 34 studies revealed that psychosocial interventions generally lead to positive outcomes for children, particularly in reducing anxiety, pain, and distress during medical procedures.
- - The findings emphasize the importance of interventions like procedural support and coping strategies, while also calling for further research on long-term effects and cost-analysis related to these psychosocial approaches.
Four- to 6-year-old children (N = 131) heard religious or nonreligious stories and were questioned about their belief in the reality of the story characters and events. Children had low to moderate levels of belief in the characters and events. Children in the religious story condition had higher levels of belief in the reality of the characters and events than did children in the nonreligious condition; this relation strengthened with age.
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