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Development and Application of Online Education on Death  

Jo, Kae-Hwa (Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
Lee, Hyun-Ji (Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu)
Lee, Yun-Ju (Department of Education, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.37, no.4, 2007 , pp. 442-452 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an online education on death, 'successful life, and beautiful death' for university students and to evaluate students' changes regarding perception of self and death. Method: A quasi-experimental design was used with one experimental group pre-post test. Subjects were 154 students who enrolled for online education about death for 16 weeks. SPSS/WIN 12 was used for analyzing data. Result: The results of the study clearly indicated this class had positive effects on students' perception of death-related concepts, attitudes toward death, and self-concept, showing statistically significant higher scores in post-tests than in pre-tests. In addition, the result of class evaluations showed a positive response, Conclusion: Findings suggested that this online education about death was effective to change students' perceptions of death related knowledge, attitude toward death, and self-concept. Recommendations for further studies were provided.
Keywords
Student; Death; Attitude; Education; Self concept;
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