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Early awareness of death in normal child development
Author(s) -
Janssen Yuette G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198322)4:2<95::aid-imhj2280040204>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - narrative , developmental psychology , psychology , trace (psycholinguistics) , history , pediatrics , medicine , literature , philosophy , linguistics , art
A first hand narrative report is used to trace the emergence of a concept of death in a normal male child between the ages of 21 and 36 months. The pattern at age 36 months was congruent with findings already described in the literature. Detailed observations from earlier months had not previously been reported.