Children's Understanding of Death: Toward a Contextualized and Integrated Account

by Isabel T. Gutierrez, Philip I Chow, Maureen A Callanan, et al.

In this monograph we (1) provide an account of young children's socialization with respect to death and (2) develop a conception of children's understanding of death that encompasses affective and cognitive dimensions. Conducted in a small city in the Midwest, the project involved several component studies employing quantitative and qualitative methods. Middle-class, European American children (3-6 years, N = 101) were interviewed about their cognitive/affective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118913914
• ISBN13: 9781118913918
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"