Children’s understanding of cancer: Developmental trend in their conceptual complexity

dc.contributor.author Kopparty, Swarajya
dc.contributor.author Tiamongla,
dc.contributor.author Vanlalhruaii, C.
dc.contributor.author Hariharan, Meena
dc.contributor.author Gadiraju, Padmaja
dc.contributor.author Raghavendra Rao, C.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-27T00:11:37Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-27T00:11:37Z
dc.date.issued 2018-10-01
dc.description.abstract This study aimed to understand children’s conceptualization of the disease cancer and track the changes in the complexity in comprehending cancer with progression in class. The sample was drawn from three schools that enrolled socioeconomically disadvantaged group of children enrolled from class VI to class X. Results were analyzed using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis. Content analysis identified a total of seven themes into which the responses were distributed. The complexity of conceptualization was measured by evolving Entropy scores or Divergence Index. It clearly tracked a progressive developmental trend in complexity of the schema among the children.
dc.identifier.citation Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. v.9(10)
dc.identifier.issn 09760245
dc.identifier.uri 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01309.8
dc.identifier.uri http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijphrd&volume=9&issue=10&article=005
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.uohyd.ac.in/handle/1/2895
dc.subject Cancer
dc.subject Cancer awareness
dc.subject Children’s concept
dc.subject Concept development
dc.subject Conceptual complexity
dc.title Children’s understanding of cancer: Developmental trend in their conceptual complexity
dc.type Journal. Article
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