Three Wishes and Psychological Functioning in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Three wishes and psychological functioning in boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy.
This study examined Three Wishes (a projective technique commonly used with children) in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal, progressive illness (n = 74). A reliable and parsimonious scoring system was developed to code wish type. Probands' responses were compared with unaffected siblings (n = 32) and a male comparison group (n = 43). Contrary to what was expected, the DMD gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0196-206X
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200304000-00004