从理论到现实:解开成熟死亡概念的发展
Mckenzie Honey1, Alissa Dark-Freudeman1
1Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
Death studies
|August 2, 2024
概括
了解死亡不仅涉及生物学;它包括社会,认知和环境因素. 这篇论文模拟了儿童从童年到青春期如何发展成熟的死亡概念.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 太那托学 (研究死亡)
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
背景情况:
- 死亡通常被认为是生物功能不可逆转的停止.
- 对死亡的全面理解超越了生物学方面,包括社会,认知和环境影响.
- 这些更广泛的方面显著影响死亡意识,死亡焦虑,悲伤,丧亲和死亡教育.
研究的目的:
- 探索儿童成熟死亡概念的发展轨迹,从幼儿时期到青春期.
- 提出一个完整的模型来开发一个成熟的死亡概念.
- 将传统的发展理论 (认知,社会情感,生态) 与当代的死亡意识理论相结合.
主要方法:
- 发展和死亡意识理论框架的文献综述.
- 现有理论的综合,以创建一个新的概念模型.
- 对影响死亡概念化的发育阶段的分析.
主要成果:
- 介绍了一个全面的模型,说明了儿童死亡概念发展的进展.
- 该模型将认知,社会情感和生态视角与死亡意识理论相结合.
- 识别了关键的发展里程碑和对成熟死亡概念形成的影响.
结论:
- 对死亡的成熟理解是一个复杂的发育过程,受多种因素的影响.
- 提出的理论观点为理解儿童如何发展成熟的死亡概念提供了一个框架.
- 这种模式可以为死亡教育提供信息,并为经历悲伤和丧失的儿童提供支持策略.
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