Chinese Children's Understanding of Death‪.‬

Introduction CHILDREN ARE OFTEN UNPREPARED to deal with the death of a loved one, because they lack the knowledge or experience of adults (Cox, Garrett & Graham, 2004-2005). When children experience such a loss, they may feel fear, sadness, guilt, desperation or helplessness (Bluebond-Langner, 1989; Goldman, 2004), and have difficulty articulating their feelings (Busch & Kimble, 2001). If the negative emotions associated with death are not adequately addressed during their early years, they may have psychiatric difficulties as adults (Dowdney et al., 1999; Naierman, 1997).