Children's stories as a means of familiarization with death: Emotional reactions of primary school pupils from urban and rural areas
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The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the emotional reactions of primary school pupils from urban and rural areas after the narration of either a modern or a folk tale about the loss of a loved one, person or animal. The sample consisted of 130 eight-yearold children and the emotions of happiness, sorrow, anger, anxiety and vivacity were examined. The study was conducted in both urban and rural schools. Analysis of results showed that narration of folk or modern tales about death of a loved one can equally affect children's emotions, irrespective of their place of living. On the contrary, tales about loss of an animal have a stronger emotional effect on children from urban areas than on children from rural areas.
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Νικολακοπούλου (Aggeliki Nikolakopoulou) Α., & Ζαφειροπούλου (Maria Zafiropoulou) Μ. (2007). Children’s stories as a means of familiarization with death: Emotional reactions of primary school pupils from urban and rural areas. Investigating the child’s World, 7, 101–122. https://doi.org/10.12681/icw.18226
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