2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of Children's Death Cognition

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21500567
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Physical education
Research Institution	Tokai University
Principal Investigator	KONDO Taku 東海大学, 文学部, 教授 (60266450)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	死生観の教育 / 心理的発達
Research Abstract	We developed the Death Cognition Inventory for Children(DCIC); applicable for 10 to 18 years old. So we investigated the death cognition of Japanese children by DCIC. As a general knowledge, Children's Death Concept is built by three elements ; Non-functionality, Universality and Irreversibility. In the decades, some researchers found that children believed that dead man could live again after death. We found another element of death which is Narrativity. We believe that the researchers could not clearly divide the Narrativity from Irreversibility.