Adults' Explanations and Children's Understanding of Contagious Illnesses, Non-Contagious Illnesses, and Injuries

Autor/in	Toyama, Noriko
Titel	Adults' Explanations and Children's Understanding of Contagious Illnesses, Non-Contagious Illnesses, and Injuries
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 186 (2016) 4, S.526-543 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2015.1040785
Schlagwörter	Communicable Diseases; Injuries; Adults; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Children; Mothers; Information Sources; Genetics; Knowledge Level; Role; Health Behavior; Preschool Education; Foreign Countries; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Concept Formation; Parent Child Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Coding; Observation; Structured Interviews; Japan (Tokyo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Mother; Mutter; Information source; Informationsquelle; Humangenetik; Wissensbasis; Rollen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Codierung; Programmierung; Beobachtung
Abstract	The present study examined (1) whether children notice different causes for contagious illnesses, non-contagious illnesses, and injuries and (2) what information adults provide to children and to what extent this information is related to children's causal awareness. Studies 1 and 2 explored preschool teachers' and mothers' explanations of illnesses and injuries, and Studies 3 and 4 examined children's understanding of causality. The teachers and mothers frequently offered various kinds of information about illnesses and injuries to children. Explanations based on behaviour and life habits were most common. When explaining contagious illnesses, they tended to refer to contagion, while when explaining non-contagious illnesses, they sometimes mentioned inherited constitution. But mention of heredity was never observed for contagious illnesses and injuries. In Studies 3 and 4, 5-11-year-old children consistently denied a belief in immanent justice. For contagious illnesses, they appeared to notice that physical contact with contaminants make us sick. Older children's awareness appeared to become more differentiated and sophisticated. From middle childhood, they come to notice that inherited constitution plays some role in susceptibility to non-contagious illnesses. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01