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More or less dead: explorations about the construction of the concept of death in children/Mais ou menos morto: exploracoes sobre a formacao do conceito de morte em criancas
The objective of the present project lies on investigating when religious/metaphysical and secular/biological conceptions emerge in the development of a concept of death. A total of 92 children of 6-8 and 1012 years old, from public and private schools, all from the city of Recife in Brazil were int...
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Published in: | Psicologia, reflexão e crítica reflexão e crítica, 2010-08, Vol.23 (3), p.485 |
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Language: | Spanish |
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Summary: | The objective of the present project lies on investigating when religious/metaphysical and secular/biological conceptions emerge in the development of a concept of death. A total of 92 children of 6-8 and 1012 years old, from public and private schools, all from the city of Recife in Brazil were interviewed. Participants were presented to two narratives depicting the death of a grandparent and were further asked to judge if certain bodily and metal functioning cease or not after death. Findings indicate that children from both group ages hold an overall strong secular-biological view of death. In addition, children made distinctions between body and mind, giving secular/biological explanations to body functioning and religious/metaphysical ones to mental functioning. Keywords: Concept of death; Secular-biological; Religious-metaphysical. O objetivo da presente pesquisa e investigar quando concepcoes religioso-metafisicas e secular-biologicas surgem no desenvolvimento do conceito de morte. Foram entrevistadas noventa e duas criancas com idades entre 6-8 e 10-12 anos, estudantes de escolas publicas e privadas localizadas na cidade do Recife, Brasil. Foram apresentadas duas narrativas aos participantes descrevendo a morte de uma avo ou avo, para em seguida solicitar que julgassem se certos processos corporais e mentais deixavam ou nao de funcionar apos a morte. Os resultados indicam que criancas de ambos os grupos de idade apresentaram uma forte visao secular-biologica da morte. As criancas tambem fizeram distincoes entre corpo e mente, emitindo justificativas de cunho secular-biologico para funcoes corporais e justificativas de cunho religiosometafisico para funcoes mentais. Palavras-chave: Conceito de morte; Secular-biologico; Religioso-metafisico. |
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ISSN: | 0102-7972 |