2024, VOL. 10 ISSUE 2, PART D
Abstract:Immediate environment of growing children continuously impacts them. A child possesses different types of fears, some of which are completely imaginary; others may be acquired/ learned from the family, while some others may be experiential in nature. Sometimes the fears are just a passing phase, but at others they can grow to be larger than life.
Aim: the aim of the present study was to find the objects of fear imbibed from the environment of children between 6 to 8 years of age.
To study difference in the choices and reasons behind their fear towards the presented objects, if any, on gender and on income group.
Method: A list of eligible subjects were prepared on the basis of the delimitation of the study, and 120 students (6 to 8 years of age) were selected from the population available in each school, to find out the beliefs about objects/figures fear in their surroundings. The selected samples were shown the self constructed ‘Album’ containing pictures of the objects of fear present in their surroundings. Each Ss was shown the picture album and asked the questions for each picture separately. Their responses were recorded on a tape recorder and answers were later transcribed verbatim.
Conclusion: The finding leads to the conclusion that almost all the children responded to their likings for listening stories. Reportedly, most of the boys and girls dream while sleeping and got scared in their dreams from ghosts/animal attack, beating from parents or teachers. Boys were scared than girls in dreams.