A Psychosomatic Study of Allergic and Emotional Factors in Children With Asthma

Aspects of Dependence‐independence Conflict in Children With Asthma

“…By "claustral dependence" is meant a desire in the child to re-establish a close physical union with the mother, similar to that which existed prior to birth, physically protected, enclosed, with complete passive dependence Little and Cohen (1951) and Morris (1961) investigated the independence side l P°'^"^^*^^ ^°"^^^t ^y "Sing the ll f iti hi L () g pendence side n olo^ P y "Sing the level of aspiration technique. Long et al (1958) made a preliminary attempt, with cHnical interviews and standard psychological techniques, to investigate the conflict and were able to show flndings suggestive of claustral dependence, but their results were never fully reported…”

“…Using a random sample of asthmatic and control school children, an experimental design was employed which involved extending the work of Morris (1961), and modifying the work of Long et al (1958) by developing more refined techniques. A further aim was to test whether this core conflict, with its associated characteristic "claustral dependent" response to threatened mother-child separation, was specific to asthma.…”

Pediatric and Psychiatric Collaboration in the Management of Childhood Asthma

“…This is reinforced by a point system wherein points can be exchanged for privileges, visits, etc. This behavioral system is complemented by [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] hours of individual and group psychotherapy and 2 to 4 hours of family sessions per week for each patient. Separation of the child from the family is an important first step that takes place with hospitalization.…”

Letter: Role of house-dust mites in childhood asthma.

“…Secondly, I would like to draw attention to Long's classic experiment (Long et al, 1958) in which he exposed dust-sensitive asthmatic children while in remission in hospital to concentrated samples of house dust collected from their own houses. Their failure to provoke asthma attacks within the hospital setting surely indicates that factors additional to the allergic component are operative in activating or inhibiting bronchospasm.…”