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Abstract

Since the 1941 article of French and Alexander, suggesting that child
hood asthma was the cry of the unloved child for his mother, research
ers and clinicians have associated asthma with psychological problems 
in the mother, in the child, and in their relationship.  The mothers have 
been categorized as distant (Turnbull, 1962), rejecting (Miller and Ba
ruch, 1957; Gerard, 1953), engulfing (Garner & Wenar, 1959; French & 
Alexander, 1941) , overprotective (Rogerson, et al., 1935, French & Alex
ander, 1941), with conflicted dependency (Mohr & Richmond, 1954), and 
depressed (Klinnert et al, 2001).  The children have been categorized as 
depressed (Jones et al., 1976; Klinnert et al., 2001), helpless (Fenichel, 
1953), angry (Alcock, 1960; Dunbar, 1938), overly dependent (Alcock, 
1960; Mansmann, 1974), and subservient (Neuhaus, 1958).

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