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Download full textPowell, Barbara S. – 1974
Children's use of humor in hospital settings and ways hospital personnel might encourage positive uses of humor are discussed in this paper. Three questions are raised: (1) How is humor viewed in hospitals treating children? (2) How can developmental psychology help us understand children's humor? (3) What implications does an understanding of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Anxiety, Developmental Psychology, Hospital Personnel
