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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.5.391

The Effects of Attitude to Death and Spiritual Well-being on Attitude to Euthanasia in University Students  

Park, Min-Jeong (Department of Nursing, Kunsan National University)
Chung, Mi-Young (Department of Nursing, Sunmoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.5, 2020 , pp. 391-398 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of attitude to death, spiritual well-being on attitude to euthanasia of university students. The data were collected from 265 subjects using a structured self-report questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS WIN version 23.0. The mean score of attitude to death, spiritual well-being, and attitude to euthanasia were 2.75, 3.69, and 3.15. Attitudes to euthanasia did not correlate with attitudes toward death, and negatively correlated with spiritual well-being. Religious well-being was a influencing factors on attitude to euthanasia and explained 12.7% of attitude to euthanasia. This means that the higher the religious well-being, the lower the attitude to euthanasia of university students. Therefore, religious well-being should be considered in discussing euthanasia of university students.
Keywords
Death; Spirituality; Spiritual well-being; Euthanasia; Students;
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