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Children's and Adolescents' Fears and the Threat of Nuclear War: an Australian Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Phillip T. Slee  and
Darryl G. Gross
Phillip T. Slee
Affiliation:
Human Development. South Australian College of Advanced Education. Sturt Campus. Sturt Road. Bedford Park. 5042. Adelaide. S.A.
Darryl G. Gross
Affiliation:
Child and Family Centre. Adelaide Children’s Hospital. 271 Melbourne Street. Adelaide. S.A.
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Extract

As adults, it is tempting to dismiss children's fears of such things as animals, the supernatural and physical events as vivid aspects of their imagination and to reassure ourselves that such fears are relatively minor or of limited concern. To this extent adults fail to realise children's fears reflect something of their understanding of the world and their place in it. To date, there has been very little research conducted in Australia on the nature and extent of children's fears. However, research conducted in the United States and Europe has identified a number of features of fears including sex differences and age trends.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , 1988 , pp. 15 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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