“…Early studies of pediatric burn adjustment explored issues such as generalized emotional problems (Woodward, 1959), behavioral and psychological problems requiring treatment (Vigliano, Hart, & Singer, 1964), motivation as related to vocational adjustment (Goldberg, Bernstein, & Crosby, 1975), severe nightmares (Roberts & Gordon, 1979), and depression (Stoddard, Stroud, & Murphy, 1992). Although these studies provided useful information for understanding the experiences of the children who had been burned, they failed to compare their adjustment to children without any history of burns.…”