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Young children's understanding of death

Pages 179-186 | Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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Caroline W. Oppenheimer, Catherine R. Glenn & Adam Bryant Miller. (2022) Future Directions in Suicide and Self-Injury Revisited: Integrating a Developmental Psychopathology Perspective. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 51:2, pages 242-260.
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Milandre Vlok & Marike W. de Witt. (2012) Naive theory of biology: the pre-school child's explanation of death. Early Child Development and Care 182:12, pages 1645-1659.
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Chang Su-Russell, Luke T. Russell, Ashley E. Ermer, Csilla Greiner & Rebecca Gregory. (2021) Parents’ Anticipated Discussions About Death With Young Children. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 88:3, pages 1181-1202.
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