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Figure 1

Research design

X=logotherapy education program; Y₁=general characteristics; AMIL=adolescents meaning in life; QOL=quality of life; Y₂=AMIL, QOL.

Table 1

Contents of the Logotherapy Program for Late Adolescents with Terminal Cancer

Table 2

Homogeneity of General and Diagnostic Characteristics between Experimental and Control Group (N=44)

^*χ² test; ^†Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Homogeneity of Dependent Variables between Experimental and Control Group (N=44)

AMIL=adolescents meaning in life; QOL=quality of life.

Table 4

Mean Difference Comparisons of AMIL and QOL between Experimental and Control Group (N=44)

AMIL=adolescents meaning in life; QOL=quality of life.

Figure & Data

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