The social aspects of illness
Children's and parents' explanations of the relation between social categories and illness in a predominantly white U.S. sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21301677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Menendez (0000-0002-0248-5940, University of California-Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz, California, corresponding author), Danielle Labotka (0000-0002-4542-2253, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan ,), Valerie A Umscheid (0000-0002-9275-3880, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan ,), A Gelman (0000-0003-1005-2691, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan ,) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1676-1692 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.14110 |
| PMID | 38730563 |
| OpenAlex | W4396830480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 53 |
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has had a disproportionate impact on Black, low-income, and elderly individuals. We recruited 175 predominantly white children ages 5–12 and their parents (N = 112) and asked which of two individuals (differing in age, gender, race, social class, or personality) was more likely to get sick with either COVID-19 or the common cold and why. Children and parents reported that older adults were more likely to get sick than younger adults, but reported few differences based on gender, race, social class, or personality. Children predominantly used behavioral explanations, but older children used more biological and structural explanations. Thus, children have some understanding of health disparities, and their understanding increases with age
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Developmental psychology · Disease · Pandemic · Personality · Race (biology) · Social class · White (mutation) · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |