| Abstract: | 40 children between ages 3 and 11, admitted to a children's hospital for cardiac catheterization (CC), served as Ss for a study of the effect of this therapy upon the emotional responses of patients hospitalized for this diagnostic procedure. 20 of the Ss were assigned randomly to an experimental group which received puppet therapy before and after CC; 20 were placed in a control group which was not given therapy but otherwise was treated similarly to the experimental group. Children who received therapy were less disturbed during CC (p |
