Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ528166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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War versus Ghosts: Children's Fears in Different Societies.
Tarifa, Fatos; Kloep, Marion
Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v3 n1 p67-76 Feb 1996
Surveyed Albanian and Swedish children to compare fears and determine if fear of war is a main worry of schoolchildren in an unstable country. Reported criminals, animals, and darkness as top fears of Albanian children while war, environment, and death were top fears of Swedish children. Suggests sociocultural context as an important explanatory variable for children's fears. (BGC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Maintenance, Fear, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Low Income, Poverty, Surveys, Traditionalism, War
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Albania; Sweden
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