Methodology for Diagnosing Attitudes Toward a Child's Illness, DOBR Test - the question form

1. There are so many different illnesses that parents simply cannot protect a child from them.

2. Nothing worries me as much as my child's health.

3. Doctors often exaggerate how serious my child's illness is.

4. People are doing the right thing when they do not make any demands of a sick child.

5. Children get ill when they lack care and attention in the family.

6. All children get ill, and this is not a reason to despair.

7. I think my child’s health is worse than the doctors say.

8. A child’s illness is not an excuse for doing nothing or being idle.

9. If a child is sickly, there is nothing that can be done about it.

10. When my child is ill, I cannot get anything done.

11. My child's illness is more serious than it may appear to others.

12. I do not understand people who forbid a sick child to do what the child is able to do.

13. Children of good parents are almost never ill.

14. Even when I know that there is nothing serious about my child's illness, I cannot get rid of my fear for them.

15. I cannot agree with those who consider any illness in a child to be serious.

16. When my child is ill, I try at all costs to spare them from any exertion.

17. Regardless of the causes of illness, whether a child becomes ill or not depends on the parents.

18. I do not understand parents who, when their child becomes ill, panic with fear.

19. There are no minor illnesses in children; rather, it is parents who take them too lightly.

20. A child should not fall behind in school because of illness.

21. The less you protect a child from illnesses, the healthier the child will be.

22. There are no times in a child's life when you can feel reassured about their health.

23. Most of the time, I think my child's illness is not very serious.

24. A child, unlike an adult, cannot actively fight illness.

25. Children's illnesses are the result of shortcomings in medicine.

26. Childhood illnesses are not nearly as dangerous as they are sometimes said to be.

27. Doctors become too accustomed to seeing sick children and therefore often underestimate how serious an illness is.

28. I always try to ensure that, even when ill, my child continues to live a full and active life.

29. If caregivers and teachers were as caring as parents, children would not get sick.

30. My child is not healthy enough for me to stop worrying about their future.

31. Examinations of children are usually too superficial to detect how seriously a child is ill.

32. There are some responsibilities a child is not excused from, even when ill.

33. I do not understand people who blame themselves for their child's illness.

34. I cannot afford to panic about my child's illnesses.

35. Even when a child seems to feel well, serious illnesses are often present.

36. Keeping a sick child from doing tasks they are able to do makes the child even more ill.

37. Whether a child becomes ill or not depends on fate and chance.

38. Many people envy my ability to stay calm when my child is ill.

39. I believe my child needs more intensive medical treatment.

40. With rare exceptions, complete bed rest during illness harms a child more than it helps.