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Children's Attitudes Toward Death

Most of the research relating to children and death has been psychological or psychoanalytic in nature and has employed case studies or projective methodology. This study utilized a sociological perspective and was aimed at discovering the socialization processes that shape children's attitudes in this area of inquiry. The children's attitudes were examined in terms of four variables, their definitions of death, the relationship of age and death, their reaction to self-destruction and the destruction of others, and the affects of the media on them. Findings from this study of twenty-five children provided further support for the contention that attitudes are the result of learning experiences, i.e., socialization, involving significant others. For the most part, the children's responses were reflections of dominant social values and might therefore be considered the result of socializing factors.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663099
Date05 1900
CreatorsHargrove, Eddie L.
ContributorsMartin, Cora Ann, Pickens, Donald K.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 100 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Hargrove, Eddie L., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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