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The Child's Construing of Nocturnal Enuresis: A Method of Inquiry and Prediction of Outcome
Author(s) -
Butler R. J.,
Redfern E. J.,
Forsythe W. I.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1990.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - enuresis , psychology , nocturnal , developmental psychology , outcome (game theory) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics
Abstract Fifty‐five children with nocturnal enuresis were engaged in a structured interview prior to treatment with the body‐worn alarm. The interview sought to understand how children make sense of the experience and examines the implications for becoming dry. Successful treatment outcome was found to be associated with the child both construing bedwetting psychologically, and indicating no resistance to change. The importance of establishing the child's attitude to bedwetting prior to treatment is stressed.