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Wendy B. Schuman, F. Daniel Armstrong, Charles H. Pegelow, Donald K. Routh, Enhanced Parenting Knowledge and Skills in Mothers of Preschool Children with Sickle Cell Disease, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 18, Issue 5, October 1993, Pages 575–591, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/18.5.575
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Abstract
Compared 25 preschool children with sickle cell disease (SCD) to demographicalty matched healthy comparison children on maternal reports of child-rearing beliefs and practices and maternal and child behaviors related to social adjustment. Mothers of children with SCD possessed significantly more knowledge of appropriate discipline techniques. The groups did not differ on maternal reports of socially relevant child behavior. However, when mother-child interactions were observed in free play and structured play settings, mothers of children with SCD treated their children as competent significantly more, and treated their children as incompetent significantly less, than comparison mothers. Mothers of children with SCD also used significantly more reinforcement during the final toy pick-up condition. There were no observed differences between groups in the children's behavior.