Table 3.
Frequency of parents’ responses (percentages) by content
Content | Frequency (%) | |
---|---|---|
1. Mutually exclusive | Replication Study with Turkish Sample | Original Study with the US Sample |
Authority | 49 (10.9%) | 58 (6%) |
No Explanation | 78 (17.3%) | 509 (52.7%) |
Realistic Explanation | 257 (57.1%) | 347 (36%) |
Supernatural | 0 | 13 (1.3%) |
Other | 22 (4.9%) | 38 (3.9%) |
2. Non-mutually exclusive | ||
Reassurance | 106 (23.5%) | 128 (13.3%) |
Religious concepts | 26 (5.8%) | 7 (0.7%) |