New Research Shows Parents Help Shape How Much Pain and Distress Preschoolers Feel after Vaccination (IMAGE)

York University

New Research Shows Parents Help Shape How Much Pain and Distress Preschoolers Feel after Vaccination

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York University Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell in the Faculty of Health, York Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health and senior author of the paper and her team found that not only is a parent's behaviour during vaccinations critical to a child's pain coping responses, but that the behaviour may also impact their reactions in the future. Moreover, the research may better inform medical care and may predict suffering by children during vaccinations into adulthood.

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