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Ngan, Chiu-wah Daniel. "Relationship between death attitude and suicidal behavior." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29760094.
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Busch, Brendan. "The Changing Nature of Death Qualification and its Interaction with Attitude Salience." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1892.
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Death qualification is a problematic aspect of capital trials, as death qualified jurors have higher conviction rates than non-death qualified jurors. The current study examines whether the death qualification process itself affects juror decision-making via attitude salience effects.
Participants (n=90) recruited from the venire juror pool at the Santa Ana Superior Court were asked to read a trial transcript and decide guilt or innocence and whether they would sentence the defendant to death. Half of the participants were given a survey determining death qualification before they read the trial (making death qualification salient), while the other half were given the survey at the end of the study (not salient condition).
Although the results do not support the theory that the death qualification process biases jurors’ verdict and sentencing decisions, they do suggest that the proportion, attitudes, and demographics of non-death qualified jurors have changed substantially since initial research on death qualification was undertaken.
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Board, Virginia E. "Semper Fi: How Images of Death in NCIS Affect Attitude Change." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32724.
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This pre-test, post- test experiment examined the effects of mortality salience, frames of the military and military personnel, and regulatory focus on viewer attitudes toward the military, support for the military, and their perceptions of military personnelâ s criminal behavior. Participants viewed a short video clip from an episode of NCIS which contained either a sympathetic or non-sympathetic frame of the military and, in the treatment condition, a mortality salience reminder. Frame (sympathetic or non-sympathetic) had a significant effect on participant attitudes toward the military in the control condition when there was no mortality salience reminder present in the video clip. However, when participantsâ mortality was made salient, attitudes and support for the military did not change. Theoretical and practical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.<br>Master of Arts
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Gottfried, Gretchen Karr 1955. "Clinicians' perceptions about death anxiety and end-of-life clinical decision making for persons over 65." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558203.
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Dood, Tiffany Lee. "Dead-set against it? thoughts of death can promote resistance to attitude change." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/dood/DoodT0507.pdf.
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Thiessen, Janice G. "A phenomenological study of parents’ experience following stillbirth or early infant death." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24424.
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This study was designed to discover parents' experience following a stillbirth or early infant death. The conceptualization of the research problem was based on Kleinman's (1978) cultural system model which directed the researcher to elicit directly from clients their explanatory models, or their way of viewing the experience.
The specific research questions were (1) How do couples perceive and interpret their experience following stillbirth or early infant death? and (2) How do couples view the social support they have received at the time of their infant's death?
Six couples, who were recruited primarily from bereavement support groups, participated in the study. Each couple had experienced a stillbirth or early infant death between four months and four years prior to the study. Data were collected from the subjects with the use of unstructured interviews, allowing the experiences to unfold as they were perceived by the participants.
Four main themes that evolved from the data were (1) anticipation of parenthood and the shattering of hopes with the death or knowledge of impending death of the infant; (2) a multidimensional personal grief experience; (3) an interpersonal grief exerience influenced by the social support of health care professionals, of friends and family and of the spouse; and (4) reflection and search for meaning in the experience.
The discovery of couples' perceptions of their bereavement experience and their view of the support received will assist in enhancing the ability to provide more effective nursing care to bereaved families. Implications for nursing practice, research and education are delineated.<br>Applied Science, Faculty of<br>Nursing, School of<br>Graduate
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Lussier, Stephen Gerard. "Counselor perspectives on suicide and suicidal ideation a qualitative study /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004568.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2004.<br>Typescript. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 212 pages. Includes Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Säflund, Karin. "An analysis of parents' experiences and the caregivers' role following the birth of a stillborn child /." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-594-8/.
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McGaffic, Cheryl Mallernee. "Patterns of spirituality and health among aging adults and dying adults living in the community." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187408.
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This research tests and refines a middle range theoretical model about unitary developmental patterns in aging adults and dying adults. The primary aim was to explore the relationships among four unitary patterns of Health (power, personal death awareness, perceived symptoms in transition, and well-being) and three unitary patterns of Spirituality (self-transcendence, spiritual perspective, and meaning and purpose in life and death). A secondary aim was to explore the personal meanings of death for participants. A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used to answer the research questions. The sample was composed of 35 aging adults and 35 dying adults. Descriptive statistics were used to examine relationships among demographic and study variables. Relationships among variables were explored using bivariate and canonical correlational analysis. Content analysis was used to describe the meaning of death paragraphs. Analysis of variance and covariance was used to describe differences between the groups. Dying adults had greater death awareness than aging adults. There were no differences between the two groups for the other three patterns of Health. There were no differences in self-transcendence or meaning and purpose in life and death. Differences in spiritual perspective were gender-related, aging men having less spiritual perspective than aging women, dying men, or dying women. Different patterns of relationships were identified for each group. Greater purpose and self-transcendence were positively associated with greater well-being, more positive and fewer negative symptoms in transition, and more power for aging adults. For dying adults, less purpose, self-transcendence, and spiritual perspective were associated with less well-being, less positive and more negative symptoms, less power and more death awareness. Moderate or high scores were obtained on instruments measuring power, well-being, self-transcendence, spiritual perspective, and purpose in life. Both groups attributed positive evaluations, acceptance, and self-transcendence to meanings of death. This research enhances understanding of the potential for personal transformation and ongoing development in persons facing death. It also provides direction for nursing care in terms of fostering a sense of purpose in life, promoting spiritual expression, and assisting identification of patterns of power, symptoms in transition, and death awareness.
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丹下, 智香子, та Chikako Tange. "宗教性と死に対する態度". 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/7535.
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Åhrén, Snickare Eva. "Döden, kroppen och moderniteten /." Stockholm : Carlsson, 2002. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2002/arts249s.pdf.
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Faria, Natália Cintra. "O processo de morte e morrer de pessoas com câncer, em diferentes contextos, sob o olhar dos profissionais de saúde." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22133/tde-01122017-201439/.
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INTRODUÇÃO: O processo de morte e morrer é mais do que um evento biológico; tem uma dimensão social, filosófica, antropológica, espiritual, religiosa, psicológica e pedagógica. A possibilidade de morte desperta sentimentos diversos, como incertezas, ansiedade, medos e angústias. Câncer e morte são termos comumente associados, mas ainda evitados na nossa sociedade e tratados com dificuldade pelas equipes de saúde. OBJETIVO: Identificar e analisar os modos de compreensão e manejo do processo de morte e morrer de pessoas com câncer por parte dos profissionais em diferentes contextos assistenciais de saúde onde atuam. MÉTODO: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa, aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos (CAAE:51275915.7.0000.5393, nº do Parecer: 1.402.355). Foi realizada uma pesquisa documental para a caracterização dos contextos de saúde e foram entrevistados 9 profissionais que trabalham em diferentes contextos de saúde localizados num município do interior do Estado de São Paulo - três profissionais de uma Unidade Básica de Saúde, três de um hospital público de média complexidade e três de um hospital público de elevada complexidade (que atuam em Unidade de Terapia intensiva e Enfermaria de Oncologia). RESULTADOS E DISCUSSÃO: Os dados coletados compuseram três categorias de análise: 1) a empatia e alteridade 2) conflitos éticos 3) dificuldade e estratégias de enfrentamento. A análise dos dados indicou que há diferenças nas vivências e formas de enfrentamento dos profissionais que atuam em equipamentos de saúde nos diferentes níveis de complexidade de atenção. Porém, há também aspectos em comum, como a percepção de que é muito difícil lidar com a demanda de pacientes oncológicos perto da morte, principalmente se forem crianças e jovens, de que falta capacitação e formação continuada para lidar com pacientes em cuidado paliativo, principalmente na atenção primária e nos cuidados de final de vida, e que é necessária a criação de espaços e/ou grupos de apoio para que os trabalhadores de saúde possam cuidar de si mesmos. CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS: Conclui-se que há necessidade de novas investigações acerca dessa temática e de um real investimento, tanto institucional como de criação de políticas educativas e de saúde do trabalhador, para melhor acolher e capacitar os profissionais que cuidam de pessoas com câncer em cuidados paliativos<br>INTRODUCTION: The process of death and dying is more than a biological event; has a social dimension, philosophical, anthropological, spiritual, religious, psychological and pedagogical. The possibility of death awakens feelings, as uncertainty, anxiety, fears and anxieties. Cancer and death are terms commonly associated with, but still avoided in our society and treated with difficulty by health teams. Objective: to identify and analyse the ways of understanding and management of the process of death and dying of people with cancer by professionals in different contexts where health assistance Act. METHOD: An exploratory study with a qualitative approach, approved by the Committee of ethics in research with Human Beings (CAAE: 51275915.7.0000.5393, paragraph of the opinion: 1,402,355). A documentary search for the characterization of the contexts of health and 9 were interviewed professionals working in different health contexts located in a municipality in the State of São Paulo-three professionals of a basic health Unit, medium complexity hospital january 3 and january 3 high complexity public hospital (who work in intensive care and Oncology Ward). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: the collected data composed three categories of analysis: 1) empathy and otherness 2) ethical conflicts 3) difficulty and coping strategies. The analysis of the data indicated that there are differences in experiences and ways of coping of professionals working in health equipment in different levels of complexity. However, there are also commonalities, such as the perception that it is very difficult to cope with the demand of cancer patients close to death, especially if they are children and young people, who lack training and continuing education to deal with patients in palliative care, particularly in primary health care and end-of-life care, and the need for the creation of spaces and/or support groups so that health workers can take care of themselves. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: It is concluded that there is a need for further research on this subject and a real investment, both institutional education policies and creation of workers \' health, to better accommodate and empower the professionals who care for people with cancer in palliative care
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Hellström, Alexandra. "Sjuksköterskors förhållningssätt till samtal om döden med äldre : En intervjustudie." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Life Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-109.
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<p>Syftet med studien var att få ökad kunskap om sjuksköterskors förhållningssätt till samtal om döden med äldre och vilka kommunikationssätt de använder. Studien genomfördes genom intervjuer med fyra legitimerade sjuksköterskor. En intervjustudie och innehållsanalys användes, det resulterade i två huvudteman. Huvudtema ett: förhållningssätt, med subtema god lyssnare, tid och miljön och subtemat sjuksköterskors egen syn på döden. Huvudtema två: kommunikationssätten, med subtemat verbal och icke-verbal kommunikation. Tiden var en viktig faktor, att kunna ge av sin tid för samtal med den äldre, men oftast på vårdavdelningen var det ont om tid och detta gjorde att sjuksköterskorna kände av stress. En annan faktor var att lyssna, sjuksköterskorna behövde vara goda lyssnare, även om de inte alltid hade svaren och sjuksköterskornas egen syn på döden var öppen. Deras egna känslor om döden påverkade inte omvårdnad av den äldre. Kommunikationssättet som dominerade var det verbala och de icke-verbala, som beröring användes endast när de trodde att den äldre behövde det. Slutsatsen var att sjuksköterskorna inte använde undanflykter för att samtala om döden, istället var det dagens stressade sjukhusmiljö som gjorde att tiden till samtal med äldre om döden inte räckte till. Sjuksköterskorna verkade inte reflektera att de använder sig av den icke-verbala kommunikationen samtidigt som den verbala kommunikationen.</p><br><p>The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about nurse’s attitudes to conversations about death with elderly´s and which communication ways they use. The study was carried out by interviews with four legitimated nurse´s. An interview study and substance analyze where used, it resulted in two headthemes. Headtheme one: attitude, with subthemes good listener, time and environment and the nurse´s own view on death. Headtheme two: communication ways, with the subtheme verbal and non-verbal communication. The time were an important factor, being able to give time for conversations with the elderly, but often on the ward there was lack of time and that made the nurse´s feel stress. Another factor was to listen, the nurse´s had to be good listener, even if they didn’t always have the answers and nurse´s own view of death were to be open. There own feelings about death didn’t influence with the nursing care of the elderly. The communication that dominated where the verbal and the non-verbal, like touch where only used when they thought the elderly needed it. Conklusion is that nurse´s don´t use excuses to conversate about death, instead it´s the stressful hospital envoirment that made the time not enough to conversate with elderly´s about death. The nurse´s seemed not to reflect that they use the non-verbal communication at the same time as the verbal communication.</p>
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Reyes, Andersson Isabel, and Jessica Söderbom. "Dödsångest." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för omvårdnad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-38555.
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Bakgrund: I den palliativa vården behandlas patienter som fått en sjukdom som inte längre är botbar. Palliativ vård kännetecknas av två faser, den tidiga och den sena fasen, där den sena fasen innebär att patienter symtomlindras för att försöka skapa en god sista tid i livet. Dödsångest kan visa sig när rädslor framträder i samband med tanken om döden. Då dödsångest är flerdimensionellt kan det finnas flera bakomliggande orsaker som leder till det. Syfte: Att beskriva upplevelsen av dödsångest utifrån patientens perspektiv hos patienter inskrivna i palliativ vård genom en litteraturöversikt med kvalitativ ansats. Metod: Litteraturöversikten är en sammanställning av 14 artiklar med kvalitativ design som analyserades induktivt med hjälp av Fribergs femstegsmodell. Resultat: Det upplevdes svårt att hantera situationen som den var då patienter inte visste hur dödsprocessen skulle utspela sig. Att mista sin autonomi och självbestämmande bidrog till dödsångest. Smärta förknippades med att döden skulle göra ont vilket gjorde patienterna oroliga. Tankar var svåra att förskjuta, döden var överhängande och hotande. Många förlitade sig på att sjukvården skulle lindra deras lidande. Slutsatser: När patienter står inför sin hotande död kan existentiell smärta uppstå. Dödsångest inom palliativ vård är vanligt förekommande. Sjuksköterskans viktigaste roll i mötet med patienter handlar om kommunikation, uppmuntran och empati.<br>Background: In the palliative care, patients with life-threatening diseases that is no longer curable are treated. Palliative care is characterized by two stages, the early and the late where the late stage means that patients are symptomatically relieved to try to create a good end of their life. Death anxiety can appear when fears is combined with thoughts of death. Death anxiety is multi-dimensional, there may be several underlying causes that leads to it. Aim: To describe the experience of death anxiety in palliative care through a literature review with a qualitative approach. Method: The literature review is a conclusion of 14 articles with qualitative design that were inductively analyzed using Friberg's five-step model. Results: It was difficult to handle the situation when patients did not know how the death process would turn out. To lose their autonomy and self-determination contributed to death anxiety. Pain was associated with death causing the patient's pain. Thoughts of death was difficult to avoid, death was imminent and threatening. Many relied on the health care professionals to relieve their suffering. Conclusion: When patients are facing their own impending death, existential pain can emerge. Death anxiety is common among palliative care patients. The most important role that the nurses have in the meeting with patients are communication, encouragement and empathy.
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Giberti, Gabriela Machado. "A única certeza da morte é a vida: investigação fenomenológica sobre idosos que se preparam para a morte." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47131/tde-29102018-155400/.
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O envelhecimento populacional é um fenômeno mundial que ganhou destaque nas últimas décadas. Nesse contexto, a morte aparece como questão difícil, pois se trata de um tema tabu na cultura ocidental. À luz da fenomenologia existencial, se refletiu sobre o envelhecer e o morrer em uma época atravessada pela técnica como verdade do ser, em que esses fenômenos são considerados problemas que desencadeiam grande esforço moderno em tentar controlá-los e dominá-los. Por meio da entrevista reflexiva, este projeto teve como objetivo compreender a experiência de idosos longevos que consideram que se prepararam para a morte. Buscou-se investigar o sentido dessa preparação e seus desdobramentos. Foram entrevistados três idosos com mais de 80 anos de idade, residentes da cidade de São Paulo, sendo duas mulheres e um homem. A reflexão desenvolvida diversificou os significados sobre o envelhecer e o morrer a partir do entendimento singular de como cada Dasein lida e compreende o seu envelhecimento e a sua finitude. Todos os entrevistados discorreram sobre a questão da morte sem resistência, mas foi reconhecida a possibilidade de um falar com um envolvimento mais pessoal e, também, de uma forma mais coletiva e genérica. Dentre as diversas questões discutidas, se destaca as noções de corporeidade e de temporalidade, na qual o modo como cada participante se relaciona com o seu ser-corporal, bem como a maneira que entendem o passado, o presente e as possibilidades de futuro se mostraram essenciais na forma que compreendem e sentem o ser-velho, o significado da morte e o sentido da vida. A depender do contexto existencial, se identificou a possibilidade do esvaziamento de sentido da vida e um desejo de morte, fomentando a reflexão sobre quantidade de vida não ser sinônimo de qualidade de vida. Constatou-se diversas iniciativas de preparação para a morte que ocorreram em diferentes âmbitos, permeando questões financeiras, emocionais, sociais, corporais, materiais e até espirituais. O sentido dessas realizações se desvelou na direção de um cuidar da vida, pois se mostraram como tentativas de garantir a melhor qualidade na existência, seja em relação à vida do próprio idoso até a sua morte, ou de uma possível próxima vida, seja sobre a existência de quem permanece vivo após a morte do idoso, como os familiares e amigos. Assim, fica evidente que a única certeza da morte é a vida, ou seja, a morte convoca para o tempo do viver. Entrar em contato com a finitude viabiliza o encontro das possibilidades de vida dignas de serem vividas. Acredita-se que fugir da morte tem como consequência se esquivar, também, de uma vida mais própria. Portanto, é essencial falar sobre a morte e o morrer, pois é aberto, ao mesmo tempo, o falar sobre a vida e o viver a melhor vida possível<br>Aging is a worldwide phenomenon that has gained prominence in recent decades. In this context, death appears as a difficult question because it is a taboo subject in Western culture. In light of existential phenomenology, we reflected on aging and dying in an era crossed by technique as a truth of being, in which these phenomena are considered problems that trigger a great modern effort in trying to control and dominate them. Through reflective interview, this project aimed to understand the experience of long-lived elders who consider themselves prepared for death. It was sought to investigate the meaning of this preparation and its unfolding. Three elderly people aged over 80 years old, living in the city of São Paulo, were interviewed, two women and one man. The developed reflection has diversified the meanings about aging and dying, from the singular understanding of how each Dasein deals with and understands his own aging and finitude. All the interviewees discussed the question of death without resistance, but the possibility of a conversation about finitude with a more personal involvement or in a more collective and generic way were acknowledged. Among the various issues discussed, we can highlight the notions of corporeity and temporality, the way each participant relates to his or her corporeal being, as well as the way they understand the past, the present and the possibilities of the future, have shown to be essential in the way they understand and feel their old self, the meaning of death, and the meaning of life. Depending on the existential context, we identified the possibility of emptying the meaning of life and a death wish, encouraging reflection on the quantity of life as not necessarily synonymous with quality of life. Several initiatives to prepare for death have been verified, permeating financial, emotional, social, corporal, material and even spiritual issues. The meaning of these achievements was seen as a way of well-being, as they proved to be attempts to guarantee the best quality in existence, be it in relation to the life of the elderly person himself or his death, or a possible next life, or the existence of those who remain alive after the death of the elderly, such as family and friends. Thus, it is evident that the only certainty of death is life, that is, death is summoned to the time of living. Getting in touch with finitude makes it possible to meet the possibilities of life and make it worth living. It is believed that escaping from death has the consequence of evading life itself. Therefore, it is essential to talk about death and dying, since at the same time it is also a way to talk about life and how to live the best possible life
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Starks, Helene Elizabeth. "Dying on one's own terms : access to care, timing of death, and effects on family members /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5413.
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Jenkins, Todd M. "Hospice use in Alabama a cross-sectional assessment /." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2009r/jenkins.pdf.
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Kim, Saena. "A reduction of thanophobia [i.e. thanatophobia] of the nurses /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3112967.
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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2003.<br>Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-193).
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丹下, 智香子, та Chikako Tange. "身体部位提供への協力の意志と死に対する態度の関連 : 大学生と看護学生の比較". 名古屋大学教育学部, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/2898.
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Molin, Paula, and Alexia Sorkine. "Sjuksköterskans förhållningssätt till döden och döendet i vården." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-7365.
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Bakgrund: Varje år dör cirka 95 000 personer i Sverige, de flesta dör efter en längre tids sjukdom och vårdas sin sista tid i livet på särskilt boende eller i det egna hemmet. Sjuksköterskan kommer att stöta på dödsfall i olika situationer under hela sitt yrkesverksamma liv. Sjuksköterskor tillhör en yrkesgrupp som löper stor risk att konfronteras med känsloladdade möten och extrema situationer Kunskap om vad som påverkar sjuksköterskor och hur de förhåller sig till döden och döendet kan främja en mer öppen och medveten attityd i vårdarbetet. Syfte: Att belysa hur sjuksköterskor förhåller sig till döden och döendet i vården, samt vad som påverkar dem i deras förhållningssätt. Metod: Allmän litteraturstudie genom databassökningar. Resultat: Sjuksköterskor förhåller sig till döden som värdig eller ovärdig. Erfarenhet och tid påverkar sjuksköterskors förhållningssätt i vårdarbetet. Känslomässig balans mellan närhet och distans var viktigt för sjuksköterskorna och deras förhållningssätt till döendet och döden påverkades av existentiella frågor och acceptans. Ett empatiskt förhållningssätt eftersträvades. Sjuksköterskor bearbetar händelser och reflekterar framförallt med hjälp av informellt stöd. Konklusion: Sjuksköterskor förhåller sig till döden och döendet olika, de använder sig av medvetna och omedvetna bemästringsstrategier, så kallad problemfokuserad och emotionsfokuserad coping.<br>Background: Every year, around 95 000 people die in Sweden. Most die after a prolonged illness, and care for their last time in the life in specific residential or in their own home. Nurses will encounter death in various situations throughout their working lives. Nurses pertains a professional group which extend a big risk with emotional confrontation and extreme situations. Knowledge about what effect them and how they approach death and dying, can improve a more open and aware attitude in the nursing care. Aim: To illuminate nurses attitude toward death and dying in care, as well as what affect them in their approach. Method: General literature review by database searches. Result: Nurses approach death as worthy or unworthy. Experience and time affect nurses' attitude in health care work. Emotional balance between proximity and distance was important, the existential questions and acceptance affected nurses in their idea of dying and death. They pursue an emphatic approach. Nurses processes events and reflect mainly using informal support. Conclusion: Nurses has different attitude towards death and dying, they use conscious and unconscious compensation strategies, also known as problem-solving and emotions-solving coping.
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Schein, Alaor Ernst. "Avaliação do conhecimento dos intensivistas de Porto Alegre sobre morte encefálica." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/8541.
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Introdução: A falha ou atraso no diagnóstico de morte encefálica resulta na ocupação desnecessária de um leito, em perdas emocionais e financeiras, e na indisponibilidade de captação de órgãos. O médico intensivista tem fundamental papel nesse diagnóstico, pois quase todos os pacientes encontram-se em unidades de cuidados intensivos no momento do diagnóstico de morte encefálica. Objetivo: Avaliar o conhecimento sobre morte encefálica entre os médicos que atuam em unidades de cuidados intensivos no município de Porto Alegre. Método: Estudo transversal descritivo, com aplicação de um questionário em 246 médicos que trabalham em unidades de cuidados intensivos, em uma amostra consecutiva entre abril e dezembro de 2005. Utilizamos testes estatísticos bilaterais, com um nível de significância alfa de 0,05. Resultados: Encontramos uma prevalência de desconhecimento do conceito de morte encefálica de 17%. Vinte por cento dos entrevistados desconheciam a necessidade legal de exame complementar para o diagnóstico. Quarenta e sete por cento se consideraram no nível máximo de segurança para explicar o conceito para a família de um paciente. Vinte e nove por cento desconehciam a hora do óbito legal para os pacientes em morte encefálica. Os intensivistas pediátricos tiveram um menor conhecimento do conceito em relação aos intensivistas de adultos. Conclusões: O atual conhecimento sobre morte encefálica é insuficiente entre os profissionais que mais freqüentemente se deparam com pacientes nessa situação. Há necessidade de educação sobre o tema a fim de evitar gastos desnecessários, diminuir o sofrimento familiar e aumentar a oferta de órgãos para transplantes.<br>Introduction: Failure or delay in diagnosing brain death leads to the needless occupation of a bed, emotional and financial losses, and unavailability of organs for transplants. The intensive care physician plays an essential role in this diagnosis, since almost all the patients are in intensive care units at the time brain death is diagnosed. Objective: To evaluate knowledge on the concept of brain death among physicians working in intensive care units in the municipality of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Two hundred forty-six physicians who work in intensive care units were interviewed in a consecutive sample between April and December 2005. We used two-sided statistical tests with a 0.05% alpha level of significance. Results: We found a prevalence of 17% ignorance regarding the concept of brain death. Twenty per cent of the interviewees ignored the legal need for complementary confirmatory testing in order to perform the diagnosis. Forty-seven per cent considered themselves as having the highest level of confidence to explain the concept to a patient’s family. Twentynine per cent made a mistake in determining the legal time of death for brain dead patients. Pediatric intensivists know less about the concept, compared with the adult intensivists (p<0.001). Conclusion: The current knowledge of brain death is insufficient among the health care professionals who most often encounter patients in this situation. There is need for education on the subject, in order to avoid unnecessary expenses, reduce family suffering and increase the offer of organs for transplants
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Ritter, Janete Maria. "O RITUAL DE VISITAÇÃO AO CEMITÉRIO, SENTIDOS E SIGNIFICADOS: UM ESTUDO QUALITATIVO NA REGIÃO SUL DO BRASIL." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2016. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/10366.
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The rituals are present in many phases of the human life s transition; it is not different in the transition of life to death. Referring to death, men have been modifying in their way of relating with it, mainly when the issue is taking care and burying their dead people. The objective of this research is to understand the meaning of visits to the cemetery where people have their beloved ones buried. This research is about a qualitative study with nine participants that have lost someone close to them. The number of participants was reached by the sample saturation standard. Semi directed interviews and campus observations were made and analyzed. The results show that the visits awake many feelings, such as the possibility to understand the caring after death, or even guilt when the visits cannot be made for some reason. There is a belief in the existence of communication between the living and the death worlds and in the cemetery place as a local to understand life through the evocation of memories and regards. It was also observed that the Park Cemetery place is seen as a space that is not thought as a cemetery, by reflecting the beauty and the life, not realizing death. However, the traditional cemetery is seen as a heavy place that refers to death. Such results evidenced how much practicality, beauty and security are exceled in contemporaneity, highlighting the increasing outsourcing of the caring through the mortuary business. Besides that, it is possible to conclude that society banes death and that how new spaces and services have been corresponding and consolidating this social request. Therefore, it is necessary that people reflect more about death rituals, highlighting the Psychology area which needs publications about this issue.<br>Os ritos estão presentes em muitas fases de transição da vida humana e não é diferente na passagem da vida para a morte. No que se refere à morte, o homem vem modificando sua forma de se relacionar com ela, principalmente quando se fala de cuidar e enterrar seus mortos. Este estudo tem por finalidade compreender o significado da visitação a um cemitério para pessoas com entes queridos enterrados no mesmo. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo com nove participantes que haviam perdido alguém próximo. O número de participantes foi atingido mediante o critério de saturação de amostra. Foram realizadas entrevistas semidirigidas e observações de campo, analisadas pelo método de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados apontam que as visitas despertam vários sentimentos, como a possibilidade de estender o cuidado para depois da morte ou até mesmo a culpa quando as visitas não são possíveis por algum motivo. Há a crença na existência da comunicação entre o mundo dos vivos e o mundo dos mortos e no espaço do cemitério como um local de estender a vida através da evocação de memórias e lembranças. Também observou-se o espaço do Cemitério Parque como um local que não se parece com um cemitério, por refletir a beleza e a vida, não sendo percebida a morte. Em contrapartida, o cemitério tradicional é visto como um lugar pesado e que remete à morte. Tais resultados evidenciaram o quanto, na contemporaneidade, prima-se pela praticidade, segurança e beleza, destacando-se, assim, a crescente terceirização do cuidado através do mercado funerário. Além disso, é possível inferir que, socialmente, procura-se banir a morte e o quanto novos espaços e serviços vêm correspondendo e consolidando a essa demanda social. Desta forma, é necessário que se reflita mais sobre os rituais na morte, destacando a área da Psicologia, que carece de publicações deste tema.
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Thulin, Erika, and Melina Årzén. "Att leva i skuggan av döden : upplevelser hos patienter med cancer i den palliativa fasen." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-19419.
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Problemformulering: Varje år avlider ett stort antal personer till följt av en cancerdiagnos. Patienter med en obotlig cancer vårdas palliativt och målet med den palliativavården är att uppnå bästa möjliga livskvalitet. Upplevelser så som rädslor och ångest är vanliga problem och har en speciell innebörd för varje patient. Det är därför betydelsefullt att belysa upplevelser av att stå inför döden för att ökaförståelsen och kunskapen hos sjuksköterskor. Syftet: var att belysa upplevelser av att stå inför döden hos patienter med cancer iden palliativa fasen. Metod: En litteraturstudie som utgörs av 12 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ochkvantitativ ansats. Resultat och konklusion: Resultatet visar att existentiella upplevelser, upplevelsen av ångest och oro, förlust, hopp samt acceptans infann sig hos merparten av patienterna som stod inför döden. Implikation: Patienternas upplevelser vid livets slut är varierande och är viktiga att uppmärksammaav sjuksköterskor för att tillgodose patienternas behov. Utbildning och ytterligare forskning utifrån ett patientperspektiv krävs för att optimera denpalliativa vården för patienter med obotlig cancer.<br>Problem: Every year a large number of people with a cancer diagnosis die. In the palliative care of patients with cancer the goal is to achieve the best possible quality of life. Experiences such as fear and anxiety are common problems and have a special meaning for each individual. It is therefore important to highlight the experiences of being at the end of lifeto increase understanding and knowledge to nurses. The aim: was to illuminate the experience of being in the end of life for patients with cancer inthe palliative phase. Method: A literature review which consist of 12 scientific papers with a qualitative and quantitative approach. Results and conclusion: The results show that existential experiences, a sense of worry and anxiety, loss, hope and acceptance were the most common experiences for patients who were facing death. Implication: Patients' experiences at the end of life are varied and are relevant for nurses to understand to meet patient the patient’s needs. Therefore education and further research from a patient perspective is necessary to optimize palliative care for patients with terminal cancer
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Kuo, Mei-Huei, and 郭美慧. "A Correlational Study on Death Attitude and Attitude toward Good Death - As an Example of College Students." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r5h8wh.
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碩士<br>國立臺北教育大學<br>教育學系生命教育碩士班<br>102<br>Modern medical technologies may prolong human’s life, but sometimes meaningless life extension becomes the torture of “bad death” to patients and their families. Instead of good death, it creates negative attitudes towards death, fearing and avoiding death. Death is a fact of life, if one could have positive attitudes towards death to prepare for “good death” from physical, mental and spiritual aspects, it could not only reduce the fear of facing death, but they would also learn how to cherish life and realize the meaningfulness of life. Therefore, this research is about college students’ attitudes towards death and good death and predicting the correlation between attitudes towards death and good death. This study would like to provide possible suggestions for planning college students’ programs regarding the life education and furthermore, as a reference of exploring the positive life meaning.
This research used Si-Chi Chen’s (2007) polls and research data files about good death, spiritual health, and attitudes towards life and death. The original questionnaire used survey methods to research by targeting students from freshmen to seniors in one university by selecting and adopting 715 students through stratified random sampling and cluster sampling. This research analyzed the valid 673 questionnaires, deleting the incomplete questionnaires after checking the number of samples from the data base. The research tools included “Death Attitudes Scale”, “Good Death Scale”, questionnaires, and literature reviews. Death Attitudes Scale’s Cronbach’s α was.088 and Good Death Scale’s Cronbach’s α was.097.
The results of this study showed that different subjects had different attitudes towards death and attitudes towards “good death”. The correlation and prediction on “approach acceptance” and good death attitudes (factor two: fulfill ultimate reality while facing death) is the highest. For good death attitudes by Death Attitudes Profile-Revised (DAP-R), the prediction of “neutral acceptance” and “approach acceptance” is better. For prediction of death attitudes by good death attitudes, good death attitudes “factor two: fulfill ultimate reality while facing death” is the best. The results suggest that college students’ life education programs should include the positive death attitudes and good death attitudes while adding religious culture about death topics into discussion, which lets college students face death naturally and live out the nature of life.
Key words: college students, death attitudes, good death attitudes
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Tseng, Wen-Hsiu, and 曾文秀. "A Study of Effects of Death Education Programs on Death Knowledge and Death Attitude of the Fourth-Grade Students." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70117576915136402507.
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碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>教育心理與輔導研究所<br>91<br>The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of the Death Education Program on death knowledge and death attitude for fourth-grade students. The sample consisted of 141 fourth graders from two elementary schools in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. Participants in the experimental group received the 6-week Death Education program (a 80-minute session per week). The control group didn’t receive treatment until the study was finished.
Instruments used in this study included the Death Knowledge Test and the Death Attitude Scale. Data were analyzed by one-way ANCOVA with the pretest scores as the covariance. In addition, data from interviews, feedback sheets, and observer’s feedbacks were also analyzed . The main findings were as follows：
1.Participants in the experimental group had a significantly
higher average score on Death Knowledge Test than their
counterparts in the control group.
2.In terms of death attitudes, there was no differences
between the experimental group and the control group.
3.More than half of participants liked the Death Education
program and thought it helped them understand more about
death and become less afraid of death.
4.According to information from feedback sheets, participants
in the experimental group indicated positive changes in four
aspects, including (a) gaining more knowledge about death
and grief; (b) reducing death anxiety; (c) improving their
attitude toward life and death; and (d) paying more
attention to their physical care.
Implications for research and counseling practice were discussed according to the results of the study.
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Yu, Chung-kuai, and 于中奎. "The study death attitude for elementary single-parent children." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15968289200178611781.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>89<br>The essential purpose of this search is to understand the situation of single-parent children in primary schools nowadays. To discover the difference of their attitude while facing the death under their being in different family structure, individual background parameter, family condition parameter and environment parameter. Then offering the concrete suggestions as the reference of education and guidance in accordance with the consequence.
Being adopted questionnaire, it is on the basis of single-parent children and complete family ones in primary schools being the test samples in Taichung Hsien, Taichung City, Nan-Tou Hsien, Chang-Hua Hsien, and the effective samples are 718 in all. And it is used “The Life Measure Form of Primary Schools” as the research instrument. The data we got are analyzed by Descriptive Statistics , Cronbach α Coefficient, t Test, one way ANOVA, and Multiple Regression Analysis ,etc.
The results are summarized as follows:
1. The attitude toward death of single-parent children in primary schools mostly belongs to “Neutral Acceptance”. The secondary ones are “Death Avoidance” and “Fear of Death ”. However, “Approach Accept” and “Escape Acceptance” are the least.
2. Apparently, the attitude of “Escape Acceptance” among single-parent children and complete family ones is very different.
3. Owing to the difference of gender, grade, self-concept, the position of family/society, and talking about death experience with family, it will cause a dominant discrepancy.
4. The “Escape Acceptance” in single-parent children has the negative correlation with Self-satisfaction, Affinity and Self-image; and the positive correlation is with Self-denial. The “Fear of Death ” has the negative correlation with Self-satisfaction and Affinity; and the positive correlation is with Self-denial. The “Approach Accept” has the positive correlation with Self-satisfaction. The “Death Avoidance” has the positive correlation with Self-image and Self-denial. The “Neutral Acceptance” has the positive correlation with Self-satisfaction.
5. There is the prediction to the attitude toward death among single-parent children in individual background parameter, family condition parameter, and environment parameter.
On the basis of the results, the researchers can offer the suggestions to education & guidance, and the study in the future as the reference for educators and their research.
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Chen, Guang-da, and 陳光達. "Imagined Knowledge: the Attitude towards Death in Ancient China." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13876983746469859848.
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Chuang, Shu-Jui, and 莊淑茹. "The influence of the death education program on the vocational nursing students'''' attitude toward death." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55007799106744204353.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>89<br>Abstract
The purposes of this research were to design a death education program for vocational nursing students and to explore change in attitudes toward death. A quasi-experimental design was adopted. The subjects were120 students from the vocational of nursing school in Chia-Yi. One of the classes which composed the population constituted experimental group (N=59) and the other constituted the control group (N=61). The students of experimental group participated in a fifty- minute ten-session death education program conducted by this researcher and the control group did not receive any treatment during the study period.
The data were acquired with two death attitude scales, the fear of death scale and death anxiety scale, and one of the analysis of death constructs for the participants'''' narration of " the thoughts on death". The method of two way analysis of variance with mixed design had been used.
The findings were as follows：
1. The death education program significantly reduced the nursing students'''' fear of death, fear death of self and fear death of others, the effects still maintained at the follow-up evaluation after four weeks of the course.
2. The death education program significantly reduced the nursing students'''' fear dying of others, the effects have not still maintained at the follow-up evaluation after four weeks of the course.
3. There was no significantly change in the nursing students'''' fear of self-dying and death anxiety.
4. On the participants'''' narration of " the thoughts on death" for death constructs, the experimental group were more positive changes.
The results were discussed, and several suggestions about the applications of this study were also discussed so as to provide a reference for the future researchers and practical applications.
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Peiwen, Hsieh, and 謝佩雯. "The Study of Death Education Courses to Elementary Freshman Student’sEffecting on Death Concept and Attitude." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86919211248919201610.
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碩士<br>國立臺中教育大學<br>教育測驗統計研究所<br>94<br>The purpose of this study was to design a “Death Education” courses for grade students. Students’ response of facing death was impacted after accepting Death Education courses. The samples consisted graders in Chang-Hua County Elementary School. It divided experimental and control groups to compare each other. In addition, it was expected that researcher’s professional knowledge on Death Education can be reference and model to develop comprehensive Death Education in the future.
At this moment, due to the weakness of Death Education in educated field and unwillingness of confronting, researcher was eager to do my best to solve this issue through this study, and could be emphasized in society. At first, to design suitable Death Education courses this based on students’ interesting, background and ability. Then, let students fully realized the definition of death by teaching, discussing, and reading randomly. Eventually, according to analysis of “Death Concept Profile”, experimental group had obviously and positively improvement on awareness of death by accepting a series of Death Education courses. As to control group, due to lack of getting Death Education courses, it had not have improvement on fear of and attitude toward death. As a result, through the design of courses, choice of program and variety of teaching, students were easy to realize the true significance of death. Therefore, it was benefit all of them to face death easily, and won’t hurt themselves and society while they suffer any problems about death.
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Two, Shiow Ni, and 涂秀妮. "Near Death Experience:Contents of Experience and Changes of Attitude and Value Following Near Death Experience." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83556533651280552424.
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Su, Tzuo-Hsi, and 蘇佐璽. "An action research on the effect of aboriginal junior high school students' death attitude and life-meaning attitude by Life-and-Death Education program." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51463512803166077925.
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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>教育學系<br>93<br>This study tries to establish the positive attitudes and sense toward death and life-meanings of the aboriginal students in Shishi junior high school and to help guide bereaved students. A “l life-and-death education program” is constructed to implement on 9 aboriginal students, which was composed of eight units for 16 classes and twelve hours.
The researcher checked the subjects’ death attitude, life-meaning attitude and reflection in class to correct the curriculum strategy for every following unit by action research. Then the researcher evaluated the program by the subjects’ performance, the basic concept of action research and the researcher’s growth.
The main findings and conclusions are as follows:
1.The aboriginal junior high school students’ death attitudes are negative and life- meaning attitudes.are low before receiving the life-and-death education program.
2.The program of this study is a series of appropriate “aboriginal life-and-death education program” for junior high school students.
3.The program could help junior high school students establish positive death attitude and high life-meaning attitude.
4.The program could help junior high school students promote the self-identity, cultural identity, and ethnic identity.
5.The program is a sequent conflictive and solving problem progression.
6. The researcher’s profession grows for this action research.
Based on above conclusions, this research makes some suggestions:
1.for Administrators :
(1) The Ministry of Education could design the “aboriginal life-and-death education program” integrally.
(2) The Ministry of Education could help to develop the study and curriculum of the aboriginal life-and-death education.
(3) Add the materials about Multi- Cultural Education and aboriginal culture to the life and death education rap sessions.
(4) Add the materials about life and death education to the rap sessions for aboriginal teachers.
(5) Teacher education program should confirm the training on life-and-death education and Multi- Cultural Education.
2.for the administering of curriculum and teaching
(1) The design of curriculum should be mainly based on life and death education, and secondarily based on the aboriginal culture.
(2) On the aspects of teaching, the “aboriginal life-and-death education program” should be proceeded in the extra curricular by the aboriginal teachers or the teachers with Multi- Cultural Education concept.
3.for shcools
(1) Encourage teachers confirm the knowledge about life-and-death education and Multi- Cultural Education.
(2) While proceeding the guidance for aboriginal students, teachers and the school should make good use of their advantages and advert to their self- identity.
(3) Encourage aboriginal parents to receive the “aboriginal life-and-death education program” with their children.
4.for the future researchers
(1) Encourage more researches for aborigine in life-and-death education appear.
(2) Design appropriate scales and investigate all aboriginal junior high school students’ death attitude and life- meaning attitude.
(3) Proceed the “aboriginal life-and-death education program” for common students to experiment that if it can promote the effect of Multi- Cultural Education.
Key words: aboriginal junior high school students, Life-and-Death Education program, death attitude, life-meaning attitude, action research
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吳婉容. "A Study of Self-concept and Attitude Toward Death for." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35155005249419127263.
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碩士<br>國立嘉義大學<br>輔導與諮商學系研究所<br>99<br>The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between the self-concept and the attitude toward death for the senior female volunteers of Tzu-Chi. The population of this questionnaire was purposely chosen from the senior female volunteers aged over fifty in Tainan County.
The study surveyed a total of 160 volunteers and 150.of the samples were valid. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted by means of Descriptive Statistics,t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Multiple Regressive Analysis.
The conclusions of the study were summarized as follows:
1. The senior female volunteers with different economic condition showed significant difference in self-concept.
2. The senior female volunteers with different health condition showed significant difference in self-concept.
3. The senior female volunteers with different marrige condition showed significant difference in self-concept.
4. The senior female volunteers with different marrige condition showed significant difference in “fear of death”, “medium acceptance toward death”, and “refusal of accepting death”.
5. The senior female volunteers with different educational levels showed significant difference in” fear of death”.
6. The senior female volunteers with different health condition showed significant difference in” fear of death”, “medium acceptance toward death”.
7. The senior female volunteers with different economic condition showed significant difference in” medium acceptance toward death”.
8. The self-concept of the senior female volunteers could not effevtively predict the attitude toward death.
Some suggestions for educational institutions and further studies had been proposed according to the results.
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Chiou-Jyuan, Chem, and 陳秋娟. "A Study of the Concept of Death, Attitude of Death, and Demand of Death Education in the Third-Sixth-Grade''''s Students." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34481201004253782016.
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碩士<br>國立嘉義師範學院<br>國民教育研究所<br>86<br>The main purposes of this study were to investigate the concept of death, attitude of death and demand of death education in elementary school students, to find out the factors influencing these variables, and to contribute the findings of the study to the implementation of death education in schools.
The research methods were investigation,. This study adopted stratified random cluster sampling . The subjects was consisted of 639 third-sixth-grade''''s sutents, including 322 fourth grade students and 317sixth grade students. In order to reach the purposes, there were six tools for this study: Children''''s Family Status Questionnaire,Chil-dren''''s Environments Experience Questionnaire, Children''''s Children''''s Locus of Control Scale, Questionnaire for the Children''''s Concept , Questionnaire for the Children''''s Attitudes Toward Death, Questionnaire for the demand of Deathe Education. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Cronbach a , pearson product -moment corrdlation, T-test, one-way ANOVA, Multi-stepwise regerssion analysis and Canonical correlation.
The main findings were as follows:
1.The concept of death, attitude of death and demand of death educa-tion in elementary school students were just good.
2.The attitude of death and demand of death educatiion in elementary school students were significantly different by students'''' grade.
3.The demand of death education in elementary school students were significantly different by students'''' sex .
4.The concept of death in elementary school students were signifi -camtly different by students'''' family social evonomic status.
5.The concept of death in elementary school students were signifi cantly different by fifferent students'''' related to serious disease experience.
6.The concept of death in elementary school students were significantly different experidnces by getting alon gwith old men.
7.The demand of death education in elementary school students were significantly different by different number of times to join funerals .
8.The attitude of death and demand of death education in elementary school students were significantly different by students'''' different television programs about death affairs.
9.The concept of death in elementary school students were related significantly to locus of control.
10.Among the concept of death, attitude of death and demand of death education in elementary school students were related significantly exist.
11. Students'''' backgrounds environments experience and locus of control could most effectively perdict the concept of death attitude of death, attitude of death and demand of death education in elementary school students.
According to the results, some implications on the concept of death, attitude of death and demand of deagh education and the future researches were suggested at the end of the paper.
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Shu-li, Cheng, and 鄭淑里. "The influence of the death education courses on the National Taipei Teacher College students'''' attitude toward death." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89397758327877804714.
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Chan, Kwong Djee, and 曾廣志. "The Death attitude and needs in life and death education of Taiwan Business Vocational high school students." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72153637456778529501.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>89<br>ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this research is to understand the death attitude and the need of life and death education of the vocational business high school students in Taiwan. To explore the factors that influences the student’s death attitude and their needs in life and death educations. Suggestions for the syllabus, content and application of life and death education in vocational business high school will be given based on the results of the research.
The research gathered 1042 samples of 18 national and private business vocational high school students throughout the island. 20 students was being chosen from each grade according to their seat numbers to answer an questionnaire regarding the students death concern, death acceptance, needs of life and death education, needs in life and death education, personal background, experience in contact with death and their feelings towards death before and after feeling in the questionnaire. The data were being analyzed statistically using percentile rank, mean, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s posterior comparison, etc. The results are summarized as follow.
The vocational business high school student’s death concern appeared to be medium; students are more worried of other’s death instead of their own. The students death concerns depended on their gender, type of school (private or national), religiosity, physical status, psychological status, the way of discussion about topic related to death when at home, history of attending funerals, contact with people who tend to or really did commit suicide, personal thought of committing suicide and their personal act to commit suicide.
The vocational business high school student’s year of form, parent’s level of education, numbers of brothers and sisters, type of family, ordinal position, access
to talk to someone when emotionally unhappy, with or with out family members, relatives, teachers or friends to talk to, love life, personal relationship, medical experiences does not influence the students death concern.
The vocational business high school student’s death acceptance depended on their physical status, personal relationship, the way of discussion about topic related to death when at home, with or with out family members, relatives, teachers or friends to talk to, serious medical experience and contact with people who tend to or really did commit suicide. The student’s gender, type of school (private or national), religiosity, history of attending funerals, personal thought of committing suicide, personal act to commit suicide, year of form, parent’s level of education, numbers of brothers and sisters, type of family, ordinal position and love life does not influence the students death acceptance.
The vocational business high school student’s written answers of their feeling towards death were being analyzed and seven groups of attitudes are found including negative attitude, doubt & difficult to understand, unfamiliar & far away, over look & sarcastic, neutral attitude, concern & curious and the last one is positive attitude.
The vocational business high school student’s acceptance towards life and death education are depended on the way of discussion about topic related to death when at home and the student’s contact with people who tend to or really did commit suicide.
The student’s gender, year of form, religiosity, personal relationship, thoughts and action to commit suicide, type of school (private or national), does not influence the students acceptance of life and death education.
The content of life and death education that the students preferred most are as follow, 1. Suicide prevention, pressure management, to precious life 2.Death and humanity 3.Hospice and bereavement therapy 4.Fear and mist of death 5.Death and medical 6.Culture and rite 7.Religion and philosophy. The student’s gender, year of form, contact with people who tended or really committed suicide will influence their needs in life and death education. The student’s type of school, personal relationship, own thought or real action of committing suicide does not influence their needs in life and death education.
Short syllabus was planned according to the results obtained through the research, the syllabus went on trial for three weeks and the result showed no alteration of the student’s death attitude but the students were generally satisfied with the courses, information gained, way of conducting, content and most of the student agreed that life and death education should be promoted.
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陳增穎. "A study for the effects of peer death on adolescents'' death attitude, gridf reactions and coping behaviors." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86098644131146692256.
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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>輔導研究所<br>86<br>The purpose of this study was to understand adolescents'' death attitude, grief reactions and coping behavior after the death of a peer. Subjects were 509 senior high school students whose peers had died because of suicide, car accident and disease. They were administered Death Attitude Profile, Grief Reaction Scale and Coping Behavior Scale, 14 students and 7 teachers were also interviewed. The main findings and conclusions were as follows:
(1) Adolescents'' death attitude was more likely to "neutral acceptance".
(2) One of the highest mean of their grief reactions was reflected on the cognitive reaction, then were the emotional and physical reactions.
(3) The coping behaviors which adolescents used were: think positively, accept the fact gradually, try to get more information about things, cure with time, and seek for entertainment.
According to the results, suggestions for counselors counseling adolescents, school faculties and future studies are also provided.
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Critz, Susan H. "The attitudes and experiences of families, nurses, and physicians with the determination of death in the home a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68787764.html.
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Kowalske, Kaye. "The process and product of writing for preschoolers my sister is special : report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science (Parent-Child Nursing) ... /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797664.html.
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Cheng, Ching-Hsiu, and 程菁秀. "The Relationships between Spiritual Health and Death Attitude among the University Students." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h2nwpp.
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碩士<br>國立臺北教育大學<br>教育學系生命教育碩士班<br>102<br>The purposes of this study were to understand and explore the relationship between spiritual health and death attitude of the university students.It based on Professor Si-Chi Chen’s data analysis towards university students by gathering information about good death attitude, spiritual health, death attitude and life attitude in 2007. There were 673 samples being included for data analysis through a process of filtering missing value from personal data afterward. Two scales have been used in this research including "Spiritual assessment scale" and "The attitude of death scale" .The Cronbach’s α value for the first one is .93, and it’s between .69 and .88 for the second one respectively.
The following conclusions:
1. The attitude towards death regarding “neutral acceptance ", "approaching acceptance" and spiritual aspects of health and volume is significantly positively correlated. Whereas, the attitude towards death regarding "fear of death", "escape acceptance" and spiritual aspects of health and volume is a significant negative correlation.
2. " escape acceptance ", " approaching acceptance", " neutral acceptance "and "fear of death" can collectively predict "total spiritual health" as well as explaining the result of total variance as 21.4%.
3."the purpose and meaning of life", "contact with life and death or life education
curriculum" and "exposure to war related violent video games”, can collectively
predict "fear of death" as well as explaining the result of total variance as 4.7%.
4. "unifying interconnectedness ", and "the grade" can collectively predict "neutral
acceptance" as well as explaining the result of total variance as 6.4%.
5."inner adaptability ", "religious belief or not" and "the contact with death related
reports” can collectively predict "approaching acceptance" as well as explaining the result of total variance as 10.5%.
6." purpose and meaning of life ", "unifying interconnectedness" can collectively
predict "escape acceptance " as well as explaining the result of total variance as 7.3%.
The relevant suggestions were made to promote life education and further research
respectively based on the above conclusions.
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Ya-jyun, Lin, and 林雅君. "Influence of Life and death approach life education courses on the concept of death, loss of the concept, Attitudes toward death and the meaning of life attitude of gifted students in junior high school." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dxahap.
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碩士<br>國立臺東大學<br>特殊教育學系碩士班<br>96<br>Purpose of the study was influence of life and death approach life education courses on the concept of death, loss of the concept, Attitudes toward death and the meaning of life attitude of gifted students in junior high school. This study used quasi-experimental method to Taitung City in the first year of new funding for the study eugenics, students receive eight weeks of the experimental courses, and "life and death education rating scale" research tool, a pre-test and after side and tracking tests, the information in an independent sample single-factor analysis of covariance collating, and the unit through their record of activities, curriculum and teacher feedback form observation records such information as a supplement quantitative information to understand the effectiveness of the implementation of program.
(1) After the intervention of life and death orientation courses, the students in the concept of death no significant differences.
(2) After the intervention of life and death orientation courses, the students have lost the concept of the immediate effects, and the continuing effects.
(3) After the intervention of life and death orientation courses, the students in the concepts of life and death on the immediate effects, and the continuing effects.
(4) After the intervention of life and death orientation courses, the students in the meaning of life on the immediate effects, and the continuing effects.
(5) Life and death education courses for the future experimental group received by students and teachers, with the effect of teaching.
Finally, in accordance with the findings of the curriculum design, teaching those interested in life and death, as well as the future direction of research put forward specific recommendations.
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Fung, Lee-may, and 房麗媚. "A Study on Chinese High School Students'' attitude towards death and the need for Life and Death Education in Malaysia." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/f3xxd9.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>95<br>The purpose of this research is to understand Malaysia Independent Chinese High School students’ attitude towards death, their need for life & death education, the factors that affect their attitude towards death and need for life & death education, and the relation between their attitude towards death and the need for life & death education. This research collected 1,014 samples from Year 2006 Senior Two students of 12 Chinese High schools. Questionnaire survey form was used and the research instruments were Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) and the need for Life & death education survey form. The data were being analyzed in percentile rank, mean, deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s posterior comparison and Pearson product-moment correlation.
The results were summarized as follows:
1. Eighty-one percent of high school students had deep memory of a dead person, 52.2% had encountered with death of family members and 73.9% had deep memory of death events.
2. Students’ attitude towards death was mainly of “neutral acceptance”, secondly on “fear of death” and “death avoidance” and lastly is the “escape acceptance” of death.
3. The students’ differences in gender, religious belief and the degree of belief, memories of dead persons and death events have significant effect on their attitude of the “fear of death”.
4. Male students tend to have higher “death avoidance” than the female students; and students who are middle child in their family also have higher “death avoidance” than the only child students.
5. Differences in students’ ancestry, religious belief and the degree in belief are significantly related with their “approach acceptance” of death attitude.
6. The different educational background of students’ parents revealed significant differences for the “neutral acceptance” and “approach acceptance” of students.
7. Students are highly needed for life & death education. The most needed area of life & death education is “suicide prevention and value of life” followed by “hospice care and grief counseling”. The other areas in ranking order are “death and humanity”, “death and medical”, “fear and myth of death”, “culture and rites”, and “religion and philosophy”.
8. The students’ need for life & death education is significantly effected by the difference of their gender, religious belief and its degree of belief, their mothers’ education background, their memories of dead persons and death events.
9. The students’ “fear of death”, “death avoidance”, “neutral acceptance” and “approach acceptance” correlated positively with their need for life & death education except the “escape acceptance” dimension correlated negatively.
According to the research results, suggestions have been made for the reference of Chinese High Schools and related educational bodies in order to introduce life & death education in Malaysia.
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Beaudry, Martha A. "Obstetrical nurses' response to death and dying issues a research study /." 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68787674.html.
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"Death Penalty Beliefs: How Attitudes are Shaped and Revised." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.54985.
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abstract: Although most Americans support capital punishment, many people have misconceptions about its efficacy and administration (e.g., that capital punishment deters crime). Can correcting people’s inaccurate attitudes change their support for the death penalty? If not, are there other strategies that might shift people’s attitudes about the death penalty? Some research suggests that statistical information can correct misconceptions about polarizing topics. Yet, statistics might be irrelevant if people support capital punishment for purely retributive reasons, suggesting other argumentative strategies may be more effective. In Study 1, I compared how two different interventions shifted attitudes towards the death penalty. In Studies 2 - 4 I examined what other attitudes shape endorsement of capital punishment, and used these findings to develop and test an educational intervention aimed at providing information about errors in the implementation of the death penalty. Altogether, these findings suggest that attitudes about capital punishment are based on more than just retributive motives, and that correcting misconceptions related to its administration and other relevant factors reduces support for the death penalty.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Masters Thesis Psychology 2019
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Su, Chiu-Yen, and 蘇秋燕. "A Study on Death Attitude of Elementary School Gifted Students in Central Taiwan." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95126441847388251487.
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碩士<br>國立彰化師範大學<br>特殊教育學系所<br>94<br>A Study on Death Attitude of Elementary School
Gifted Students in Central Taiwan.
Chiu-Yen Su
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The primary purposes of this study are to investigate the death attitude of elementary school gifted students, to explore the differences in the environmental variables of the scales and region of schools, and to examine the differences in the background variables of gender, grade, parents’ educational background, religious belief, the numbers of siblings, birth order, and family type on death attitude of elementary school gifted students.
The subjects of this study were 276 elementary school gifted students. The writer used descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA to analyze all the data .
The results of this study were as follows:
1. The level of the death attitude of elementary school gifted students is at the upper middle level.
2. There were no significant differences of the variable of school scale in death attitude.
3. There were significant differences of the variable of school region in death attitude.
4. There were significant differences of the variable of gender in death attitude.
5. There were significant differences of the variable of grade in death attitude.
6. There were no significant differences of the variable of parents’ educational background in death attitude.
7. There were no significant differences of the variable of religious belief in death attitude.
8. There were no significant differences of the variable of the numbers of siblings in death attitude.
9. There were no significant differences of the variable of birth order in death attitude.
10. There were significant differences of the variables of family type in death attitude.
According to the conclusions, the related suggestions and future directions were provided for educational authorities.
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Hsieh, Ling-Li, and 謝伶麗. "The Study of Influencing Factors on College Students’ Attitude Toward Life and Death." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47979063190356414509.
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碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>衛生教育學系在職進修碩士班<br>94<br>The purpose of this study was to understand the influencing factors on college students’ attitude toward life and death. The population included 2120 students from a College of Technology in 2005. Four hundred and thirty one valid samples were studied by using stratified cluster sampling method, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s method, Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regression. The study shows that:
1. The students’ attitude toward life and death was positive. Their attraction to life ranked highest, their repulsion by death ranked second, their attraction to death ranked third, and their repulsion by life ranked last.
2. The students’ social support was above the average .They social support was mainly from friends and emotional.
3. The students’ attitude toward life and death was connected with gender, living with parents, the subjective status of mental and physical health, the experience of relatives’ and friends’ death, the impact of relatives’ and friends’ death, parent’s death, and parenting style.
4. The students’ social support and social support satisfaction were positively correlated with their attitudes toward life and death and the attraction to life. The students’ social support and social support satisfaction were negatively correlated with their repulsion by life. The students’ social support satisfaction was negatively correlated with their attraction to death.
5. The students’ attitudes toward life and death and the attraction to life, their repulsion by life, and their attraction to death can be predicted through gender, the subjective status of mental and physical health, parenting style, the social support and social support satisfaction
Based on these findings, some recommendations have been drawn which can be the references as the education and counseling on college students’ attitude toward life and death and further researches.
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Miao, Lai Yi, and 賴怡妙. "The Effect of a Experiential Death Education Group Program on Death Attitude and Purpose in Life of Taiwan Normal University Undergraduates." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11830507832312892830.
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Lai, Yi-Miao, and 賴怡妙. "The Effect of a Experiential Death Education Group Program on Death Attitude and Purpose in Life of Taiwan Normal University Undergraduates." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86349053418689993773.
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Lin, Mei-hui, and 林美慧. "From Death to Life- Discussion of The Construction of The Attitude towards Death of Four Adult Residents Living Near the Funeral Home." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25876704314641664768.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>97<br>The study mainly discusses ”The Construction of The Attitude Towards Death of the Adult Residents Living Near The Funeral Home”, it explores : (1) How they interpret their own circumstance, (2) How this special living experience affects their attitudes towards death, and (3) How this experience forms their attitudes to face
death.
This study adopts“in-depth interview” in qualitative research method. A purposive sample of 4 adult residents aged between 30 and 65 was taken to collect materials through interviews. Then “Holistic-Content Perspective” in narrative research was used to show their diverse life story.
The HCP uses centerline plot to present their life story. Then the comprehensive analysis was carried out to explore the formation and factors of “The Construction of The Attitude towards Death of the Residents Living near the Funeral Home.”
According this study, the primary findings are as follows:
(1) The close-linked relationship between the interviews and funeral home affects their attitudes towards death.
(2) Mostly, their attitudes towards death are affected by the elders and the mass media.
(3) Under the constant exposure to the symbol of death, they know the importance of arranging the funeral for their family and themselves and repaying their parents in the limited time.
(4) The primary fears towards death of these adult residents are: “Being afraid of their own death will make the family members suffer from strong grief” and “Unable to take care of those who rely on them.”
(5) The critical factors which influence their construction of attitudes towards death are:“ the presence of the death of the family members ”,“the real life consideration”and the ““limited experience” they have been experienced.”
Finally, from the result of this study, we offer some concrete suggestions for family, school and community education.
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Wen, Chi Jai, and 翟文棋. "The Effect of a Life-and-Death Education Group Program on Purpose in Life And Death Attitude of Senior High School Students." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01431651044659594567.
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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>輔導研究所<br>91<br>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of
a life- and-death education program on senior high school students. The quasi-experimental design was conducted. Students were recruited from a senior high school in Pingtung City. Twenty subjects (n=20) then were non-randomly divided into an experimental group (n=10) and a control group (n=10). The experimental group took part in “the music of life” group programs in life-and-death education for a period of four weeks, including four units and twenty-four hours in total. The “purpose in life scale”(PIL) and “death attitude profile scale”(DAP) were used to evaluate pre-intervention and post-intervention achievement and a follow-up test. The data were analyzed by using the one-factor analysis of covariance with the SPSS 8.0 statistics software package. The results of this study were as follows：
1. The post-intervention evaluation shows that “the music of Life” group programs could significantly increase the score on the sub-scale“the value of life”but could not significantly increase“the quality of life”,“the purpose of life” and “the freedom of life” and all the four sub-scales on DAP of the experimental group.
2. One month after intervention, the experimental group was still scores higher than the control one on a sub-scale“the value of life” of the PIL；“the music of life” program could also decrease the score on a sub-scale“the fear of death attitude” of the DAP. However the experimental group could not significantly score higher on the sub-scales“the quality of life”,“the goal of life” and“the freedom of life” on PIL.
3. The researcher also analyzed the contents obtained from the transcript of the eight group sessions and from group members'''' feedback sheets in the experimental group. The findings of qualitative analysis were as follows：
(1) “The music of life “group programs had positive influences on the members on life-meaning attitude and death attitude.
(2) “The music of life “group programs was highly accepted by the members.
(3) It is practical to complement life-and-death education in senior high schools.
4.The results of this study and applications of the programs were discussed；suggestions for future researches were proposed.
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MEI-YEN, CHU, and 朱美燕. "The death attitude of the personnel of secret services in Taiwan:The life history approach." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23531239565064047141.
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碩士<br>南華大學<br>生死學研究所<br>90<br>The study is primarily intended to look into, through a probe into life history approach, what an attitude the personnel of secret services take toward death.
The researcher takes own hands-on experiences of life as the axis to build own tale of story and further expand such experiences to five personnel of secret services. Through study of history of life, incessant interpretation, dialogues to build the tales of each other. In relating dialogues, the researcher tries to look into the life of each other. With comparative induction, the researcher tries to further find out the similarities and differences of experiences in life and attitude toward death of the personnel of secret services. Taking into account the extraordinary professional experiences and their previous experiences in facing up to death as well as the interrelationships between their attitude toward death and views of death, we try to find out the indispensability of death related education to the personnel of secret services.
Key findings yielded in the study:
I. Death events those personnel of secret services have experienced would affect their attitude toward death. Through relating study of history of life, the participants in the study would view their issue of life in a more serious way, attitude and significance toward death and better position their life.
II. Their attributes of profession, death of co-workers and family members or even casualties on duty would affect the attitude toward death by the personnel of secret services.
III. Over their own lives, the personnel of secret services will become further aware of themselves through relation and dialogues via restructuring. With further awareness of the limitation of life, they would get more profound realization of death and become free of fear when facing up death. Other than positive attitude toward death, they would further confirm the indispensability to accept death related education.
The researcher, on grounds of results and finding, would offer proposals for further study as handy reference to the prospective researchers.