Jisan Lee, Meihua Piao, Ahjung Byun, Jeongeun Kim
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention for Pediatric Obesity Using Mobile Technology
Studies in health technology and informatics
review empirical evidence character development among youth chronic illnesses systematic literature review conducted using pubmed psychinfo inception november 2013 find quantitative studies measured character strengths among youth chronic illnesses inclusion criteria limited english language studies examining constructs character development among adolescents young adults aged 1324 years childhoodonset chronic medical condition librarian duke university medical center library assisted development mesh search term two researchers independently reviewed relevant titles n 549 abstracts n 45 finally manuscripts n 3 lack empirical research character development childhoodonset chronic medical conditions three studies identified used different measures character based moral themes one study examined moral reasoning among deaf adolescents using kohlbergs moral judgement instrument another investigated moral values adolescent cancer survivors values action classification strengths third study evaluated moral behavior among young adult survivors burn injury utilizing tennessee selfconcept 2nd edition studies observed youth chronic conditions reasoned less advanced stages lower moral selfconcept compared referent populations differ character virtues strengths matched healthy peers age sex raceethnicity yet generalizations could drawn regarding character development youth chronic medical conditions studies divergent biased study design limitations future empirical studies learn strengths weaknesses existing literature character development among youth chronic medical conditions