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Effects of Death Education Program on Attitude to Death and Meaning in Life among University Students  

Kim, Sook-Nam (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan)
Choi, Soon-Ock (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan)
Lee, Jeong-Ji (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan)
Shin, Kyung-Il (Liberal Education for Humanity, Catholic University of Pusan)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.22, no.2, 2005 , pp. 141-153 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a death education program on attitude to death and meaning in life for university students. Methods: The design of this study was quasi-experimental and non-synchronized with a non-equivalent control group. The study subjects were 28 students at a college in Busan. The experimental group (n=14) participated in a death education program. While the control group (n=14) didn't. The program consisted of lectures and discussions for 6 hours a day over 5 days. The 30-hr course examined the meaning of death, modern society and death, hospice movements and desirable life and death. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of general characteristics, attitude to death and meaning in life. Collected data were analyzed as frequency, percentage, $x^2$-test, t-test using SPSS 11.0 WIN Program. Results: The attitude to death scores in the experimental group were significantly lower than in the control group (p=.000). The meaning in life scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than in the control group (p=.039). Conclusions: These findings showed that the death education program was effective to enhance the attitude to death and meaning in life among in college students. Therefore, a continuing death education program can be applied as an effective nursing intervention for other subjects.
Keywords
Death Education; Attitude for Death; Meaning in Life;
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