Talking About Death with "Normal" Children [Research Strategies and Issues] / Gerald P. Koocher.

This paper discusses some of the issues (beyond the methodological considerations) involved in a study of children's ideas about death and how these ideas relate to their cognitive development. The three aspects discussed are (1) problems involved in getting permission from the dissertation research...

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Main Author: Koocher, Gerald P.
Corporate Author: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973.
Subjects:
Adolescents.
Anxiety.
Child Development.
Death.
Elementary School Students.
Research Problems.
Student Attitudes.
Physical Description:6 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
This paper discusses some of the issues (beyond the methodological considerations) involved in a study of children's ideas about death and how these ideas relate to their cognitive development. The three aspects discussed are (1) problems involved in getting permission from the dissertation research committee, the school principal and camp director, parents, and the children themselves; (2) deciding on what questions to ask and how to ask them; and (3) determining how to cope with possible subject reactions which might come up, in terms of potential stresses and unpleasant aftereffects. (SET)
Note:Availability: Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, Developmental Evaluation Clinic, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Mass. 02115 (Free of charge).
ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (81st, Montreal, Canada, August 27-31, 1973).
Microform.
Call Number:ED082853 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.