In her research on the stages of death comprehension in childhood, Nagy found that children in Stage 1, from three to five years old, have not yet learned to attribute negative emotions to death, and so death does not arouse anxiety for these children.

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Nagy found that children in Stage 1 understand death as a form of continued existence or sleep, but they do not yet grasp its finality or universality, which does not directly relate to their attribution of negative emotions or anxiety towards death.

In Her Research on the Stages of Death Comprehension in Childhood