Children's Knowledge About Medicines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3103335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna B Almarsdóttir (0000-0002-5354-2976, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, corresponding author), Catherine Zimmer (0000-0002-3035-4470, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 265-281 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0907568298005003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2064881789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
A model explaining children's knowledge about medicines and the perceived benefit of medicines was constructed and estimated. The children's health belief model, cognitive development and social cognitive development theories, combined with previous multimethod study results form the basis of the path analytic model analyzed. Children, aged 7 and 10 years, and their primary caregivers were interviewed during 1992 and 1993. Recruiting was done at summer camps in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and environs, resulting in a convenience sample of 101 children, all white and middle class. Oridnary least squares regression was carried out in steps for the two model equations. Knowledge of medicines was most adequately explained, having age, educational environment and the degree of internal locus of control as significant positive predictors. The only significant predictor of the perceived benefit of medicines was the negative effect of the internal locus of control, supporting results from former studies. Children's retention of drug advertising had no significant effects in the model. The results from this moderately sized study suggest promising directions for further development of explanations of why children believe in the benefit of medicines
Cognition · Cognitive development · Developmental psychology · Health belief model · Health education · Locus of control · Psychiatry · Public health · Social learning theory · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical studies and practices · Psychology · Social Psychology
The growth of logical thinking
Social Foundations of Thought and Action
Development of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
A Children??s Health Belief Model
Gender, employment and medication use
How physicians choose drugs
Origins and stability of children's health beliefs relative to medicine use
The Signifance of the Family in Medication
The Pain-Pill-Pleasure Model and Illicit Drug Consumption
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2012 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |