Young Children’s Concepts of Good and Evil before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Research Study
TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to determine changes in 6-8-year-old children's concepts of good and evil, indicating some shifts in their religious and spiritual development due to closing schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
About: This article is published in Religion.The article was published on 2021-09-02 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Religious development & Good and evil.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored Muslim pre-schoolers' development of religious self-identity and moral values and reasoning for behavioral conformity, and found that children who did not experience warm and continuing attachment would fail to develop healthy relationships when they get older.
Abstract: This is an exploratory qualitative research that aims to explore Muslim pre-schoolers’ development of religious self-identity and moral values and reasoning for behavioral conformity. Based on Bowlby’s theory of attachment (1971), both infants and mothers need to stay in constant contact with each other. Children who did not experience warm and continuing attachment would fail to develop healthy relationships when they get older. If these biological needs were not met, not only emotional but also intellectual problems in adulthood might occur. The Informants involved two Muslim Malaysian children – a boy and a girl, both aged five years old. They were selected by their classroom teacher in a public preschool. The research setting was a classroom setting. The research applied in-depth, semi-structured interview protocols as a method of collecting data based on several pictures related to Muslim religious practices and moral behaviors. From the study, it was found that the two pre-schoolers have developed the rudiments of religious self-identity, sense of moral values and conform to Kohlberg’s first stage of moral judgement, which is to act due to fear of getting punished and not wanting to displease adults, especially their parents. There is not much research done on the development of self-identity in young Muslim children in Malaysia, specifically for children aged five years old. This research would assist teachers, parent, and caregivers in guiding young children to shape their identity and acquire good Muslim characteristics. Understanding the reasons for children’s conformity would also be achieved in this research.
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TL;DR: Projective techniques are unusual and often intriguing for respondents to complete, permitting them to express thoughts and feelings which can be difficult to access by direct and structured questioning as mentioned in this paper, and they can be fun and engaging for respondents, especially when they become involved in their analysis and interpretation.
Abstract: Projective techniques are unusual and often intriguing for respondents to complete, permitting them to express thoughts and feelings which can be difficult to access by direct and structured questioning. This is achieved by presenting respondents with ambiguous verbal or visual stimulus materials, such as bubble cartoons, which they need to make sense of by drawing from their own experiences, thoughts, feelings and imagination before they can offer a response. Importantly, projective techniques can be fun and engaging for respondents, especially when they become involved in their analysis and interpretation. The various types of projective techniques are described and their benefits and drawbacks examined. A project involving students completing a range of projective techniques is used to illustrate these benefits and drawbacks.
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