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Abstract This paper is a literature review of the main research into the factors which influence children's conceptions of death. The developmental models of children's concepts of death as proposed by Maria H. Nagy and Sylvia Anthony are examined first. These researchers show that children go through developmental stages in their understanding of death, which is related to their age. Jean Piaget’s model of cognitive development is used to assess the validity of Nagy …

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