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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2018.9.11.433

The Effect of Psychosocial Support, Death Preparedness, and Ego Integrity on Death Anxiety in Old People  

KIm, Dae-Gyeong (Dept. Social Welfare Counselling, Seoul Venture University)
Lee, Hyun-Sim (Dept. Social Welfare Counselling, Seoul Venture University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.9, no.11, 2018 , pp. 433-441 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of psychosocial support, death preparedness, and ego integrity on death anxiety in old people. The participant of this study were the elderly who attended welfare centers, worked in their workplaces, or lived at their home in Seoul regions, from whom this study had collected their data from February to May 2017. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed and 329 copies of them were used for its final analysis using SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 20.0 statistical programs. According to the results of this study, psychosocial support had no statistically significant effect on death anxiety, whereas death preparedness and ego integrity had statistically significant effects on death anxiety. Based upon these research results, this study suggested that it is necessary to develop death education and counseling programs as policy supports and practical methods for helping old people to accept their death positively, reintegrate their ego, and perform their successful aging.
Keywords
old people; psychosocial support; death preparedness; ego integrity; death anxiety;
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