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- Title
Can We Talk About Life Without Taking Death Into Account? Early Childhood Educators' Self-Perceived Ability to Approach the Topic of Death With Children.
- Authors
Grigoropoulos, Iraklis
- Abstract
The current explorative cross-sectional study evaluated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of early childhood educators towards death education and their self-perceived comfort to approach the topic of death in the classroom. All data were collected from June to July 2020. One hundred eight (108) early childhood educators participated in the study. The study was promoted through early childhood educators' support groups and social networks. Demographic characteristics, an ad hoc questionnaire, and the Greek version of the Death Attitude Profile-R questionnaire were used to assess the educators' comfort and attitudes. Results showed that participants' self-perceived ability to approach the topic of death in the classroom was affected by gender and personal attitudes towards death (specifically death avoidance and fear of death). Overall, this study emphasized early childhood educators' role in extreme situations which their students may face as death.
- Subjects
DEATH &; psychology; SCHOOL environment; RESEARCH; CROSS-sectional method; SOCIAL networks; SELF-perception; PSYCHOLOGY of teachers; COLLEGE teacher attitudes; FEAR; ABILITY; SEX distribution; AVOIDANCE (Psychology); SUPPORT groups; QUESTIONNAIRES; ATTITUDES toward death; CHILDREN
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2024, Vol 88, Issue 4, p1369
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00302228211057733