DEATH CONCEPT IN 8-13 YEARS CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Yilmaz S.

CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL, vol.16, no.1, pp.9-42, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.9-42
  • Keywords: Child, Cognitive Development, Death Concept
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to research death concept in children's cognitive development theoretically and to explore level of relationship between them based on the field research. With this design level of children's conseptualisation of death was studied depends on several variables as age, gender and socio economic statu. It is found that there was a positive relationship between level of children's cognitive development and their death conceptualisation.