A CROSS-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSIS OF ILLNESS

疾病的跨文化发展分析

• 批准号: 6293507
• 负责人: Lakshmi Raman
• 金额: $ 3.33万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6293507
• 关键词: American; East Indian; India; behavioral /social science research tag; belief; child (0-11); clinical research; comprehension; culture; developmental psychology; disease /disorder etiology; human subject; parent offspring interaction; postdoctoral investigator; young adult human (21-34)

The aim of the research proposal is to examine cross-cultural developmental differences in the understanding of illness. The proposed studies will present a variety of illnesses to participants (preschoolers, second graders, fifth graders and college students) in the United States and India to determine if they entertain a multiplicity of beliefs and what age these multiple belief systems develop. In Study 1, participants will be presented with two groups of illnesses (serious, and innocuous with 4-5 illnesses included in each group). They will then be presented with various causal reasons (biological, imminent justice, psychological, and an irrelevant choice). They will be asked to agree or disagree with each of the choices presented and will be asked to justify why they agree or disagree. Study 2 examines whether the next illness is presented in makes a difference in the causal reasoning about illness. Children will e presented with the same set of illnesses as Study 1 but will be asked what causal reason(s) and cures a doctor may give for the illnesses as Study 1 but will be asked what causal reason(s) and cures a doctor may give for the illness compared to the causal reason(s) and cures a grandmother may generate for the illness. Study 3 will examine parent-child interactions to determine the role of parental input in children's understanding of illness. Results from these studies will be useful to educators and individuals in the medical profession in determining what kind of information children will be likely to comprehend when reasoning about illness. It also provides as to whether these belief systems are universal or culture specific.

研究建议的目的是检查对疾病理解的跨文化发展差异。拟议的研究将向美国和印度的参与者（学龄前儿童，二年级学生，五年级学生和大学生）介绍各种疾病，以确定他们是否会娱乐多种信念以及这些多重信仰体系的年龄。在研究1中，将向参与者出现两组疾病（严重的疾病，每组中包含4-5种疾病无害）。然后，他们将出现各种因果原因（生物学，迫在眉睫的正义，心理和无关紧要的选择）。他们将被要求同意或不同意提出的每个选择，并被要求证明他们同意或不同意。研究2研究了下一个疾病是否在因果关系推理上有所作为。儿童将出现与研究1相同的疾病，但会询问医生可能会为疾病提供什么因果原因，但会询问与研究1相同的原因，但会询问医生是什么因果原因（S），并治愈医生可能会给疾病的原因与因果原因相比，并治愈祖母可能会为疾病而产生疾病。研究3将检查亲子的互动，以确定父母输入在儿童对疾病的理解中的作用。这些研究的结果将对医学界的教育者和个人有用，以确定孩子在疾病推理时可能会理解哪种信息。它还提供了这些信仰体系是普遍还是文化的。