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Effects of a Death Education Program on Life Satisfaction and Attitude toward Death in College Students
Eun Hee Kim, Eunjoo Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2009;39(1):1-9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.1.1
Published online: February 28, 2009

1Doctoral Student, College of Nursing Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.

2Associate Professor, College of Nursing Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Eunjoo. Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-422, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-4934, Fax: 82-53-421-2758, jewelee@knu.ac.kr
• Received: August 6, 2008   • Accepted: January 12, 2009

Copyright © 2009 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this experimental study was to examine the values of a death education program developed to improve life satisfaction and attitude toward death in college students.
  • Methods
    The death education program was developed and then used with 22 college students for 5 weeks, once a week for 150 min. Before and after the intervention, students responded a questionnaire developed to measure life satisfaction and attitude toward death. t-test, χ2-test, and paired t-test with the SPSS program were used to analyze the data.
  • Results
    The death education program significantly improved life satisfaction but had no statistically significant effect on attitude toward death. There was a significant difference in life satisfaction between the experimental and control groups but not in attitude toward death.
  • Conclusion
    Based on the above results, it is apparent that the death education program has an affirmative effect on life satisfaction in college students and some impact on attitude toward death. We suggest, therefore, that the death education program should be used with all human beings to help them recognize the values of themselves and their current lives and improve their satisfaction with life.
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Table 1
Overview of the Death Education Program
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Table 2
Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between the Experimental and Control Group
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Exp.=experimental group, Con.=control group.

Table 3
Homogeneity Test for Life Satisfaction and Attitude toward Death between Experimental and Control Group
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Exp.=experimental group; Con.=control group.

Table 4
Effects of Death Education on Life Satisfaction and Attitude toward Death
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Exp.=experimental group; Con.=control group.

Table 5
Life Satisfaction and Attitude toward Death before and after Death Education by Groups
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Exp.=experimental group; Con.=control group.

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