一个孩子如何理解死亡:依恋理论的视角
1Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Indian journal of psychological medicine
|November 20, 2024
概括
当孩子们更好地了解死亡时,父母的安全依恋会减少对死亡的恐惧. 关于死亡的公开讨论可以减少父母与子女关系密切的孩子对死亡的焦虑.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 达纳图学 (Thanatology) 是一种学术学科.
背景情况:
- 有限的经验数据存在于幼儿对死亡的理解.
- 家长的依恋对孩子对死亡的看法的影响还不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究儿童对死亡的理解与他们对死亡的恐惧之间的关系.
- 检查父母的依恋风格是如何调节这种关系的.
主要方法:
- 110名5至10岁的儿童参加了活动.
- 评估孩子对死亡的理解和恐惧.
- 通过父母的自我报告来衡量父母的依恋风格.
主要成果:
- 对死亡的更大理解与安全地附着的儿童中较低的死亡焦虑相关.
- 不安全的父母依恋与对死亡的理解和对死亡的恐惧有关.
结论:
- 安全的父母依恋可以缓冲死亡焦虑,当孩子理解死亡.
- 父母的依恋方式与孩子对死亡的认知和情感反应有关.
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