A Study on the Death-related Attitude in Undergraduate Students

Lee, Ok Ja; Yang, Nam Young

doi:2007.16.4.389

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2007;16(4):389-397.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2007.16.4.389 Published online December 31, 2007.

A Study on the Death-related Attitude in Undergraduate Students

Ok Ja Lee¹, Nam Young Yang²

¹Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Konyang University
²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Konyang University

일부 대학생의 죽음 관련 태도에 관한 연구

이옥자¹, 양남영²

¹건양대학교 의과대학 간호학과 부교수
²건양대학교 의과대학 간호학과 조교수

Correspondence: Ok Ja Lee, Tel: 82-42-600-6341, Fax: 82-42-545-5326,
Email: ojlee@konyang.ac.kr

Received: 2 October 2007 • Accepted: 14 December 2007

Abstract

Purpose
This study was to identify the death-related attitude in undergraduate students.
Methods
The subjected were 932 one university students. This study was conducted to March 2005. The data was collected by questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, /-test.
Results
Death-related attitude in undergraduate students was negative in acceptance and meaning, displeasure in emotional response and pursuit comfort in situation of death confront. Death-related attitude(experience of thinking about death, death is punishment of guilt, death is fearful, tell an another about your death) in undergraduate students was significant differences in sex, religion, majoring-related health among general characteristic. Experience of thinking about death was differences in sex and religion. Death is punishment of guilt was differences in majoring-related health and death is fearful was differences in sex, majoring-related health. Tell an another about your death was differences in majoring-related health.
Conclusion
These findings indicated that the death education program to convert positive mind from negative mind death-related attitude in undergraduate students.

Key Words: Death; Attitude

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