| Title: |
Caregivers' Estimations of Their Children's Perceptions of Death as a Biological Concept |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Gaab, Erin M.; Owens, Glynn R.; MacLeod, Roderick D. |
| Source: |
Death Studies. 2013 37(8):693-703. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
11 |
| Publication Date: |
2013 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Death; Young Children; Elementary School Students; Child Caregivers; Interviews; Gender Differences; Expectation; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: |
New Zealand |
| DOI: |
10.1080/07481187.2012.692454 |
| ISSN: |
0748-1187 |
| Abstract: |
Communication about death is often a sensitive topic in families with children. The present studied compared answers of 141 school children aged 5-7 to questions about death, and their caregivers' predictions. Children were interviewed, and caregivers answered on paper, questions on inevitability, applicability, irreversibility, cessation, causation, and personal mortality. For causation, cessation, and irreversibility, children were significantly more correct than caregivers expected, and girls were more correct on applicability. Communicating with children about death may not always be as caregivers expect. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Number of References: |
17 |
| Entry Date: |
2014 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1011640 |
| Database: |
ERIC |