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- Title
Do reindeer and children know something that we don't? Pediatric inpatients belief in Santa Claus.
- Authors
Cyr, Claude
- Abstract
Discusses children who are hospital inpatients and their belief in Santa Claus. Studies which have shown that belief in Santa wanes with age; Methods used involving questions put to several girls and boys about Santa; Results indicating no significant differences in belief in Santa between boys and girls and non-belief with older children; Discussion of fantasy-oriented families and its impact on a child's belief.
- Subjects
SANTA Claus; FANTASY (Psychology); PARENTAL influences; FAMILIES
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2002, Vol 167, Issue 12, p1325
- Publication type
Article