Asma infantile: dinamiche affettive e percezioni del sè.

Studied the effects of asthma on the personality of children suffering from the disease and on their relationships with their mothers, assessed the personality characteristics of Ss and their problems with regard to articulation of body scheme, and determined the degree of hyperprotectiveness of their mothers. Human Ss: 30 male and female Italian schoolage children (aged 7-10 yrs) (severe asthma). 30 male and female Italian schoolage children (aged 7-20 yrs) (mild asthma). 60 normal male and female Italian schoolage children (aged 7-20 yrs) (controls). 120 normal female Italian adults (mothers of the children). Ss completed the Body Scheme Test (C. Daurat-Hmeljak et al, 1978), and a Rorschach test interpreted according to the Roman School Rorschach method (C. Rizzo et al, 1980). The mothers completed a questionnaire on the psychological and physical development of their children and on their own psychological and physical states. The Parental Attitude Research Instrument (Schaefer and Bell, 1958) was also administered. (English abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)