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The attitudes and life experiences of university death education students
Titel:
The attitudes and life experiences of university death education students
Auteur:
Graham-Lippitt, Janice E.
Verschenen in:
Death studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 4 (1981) nr. 4 pagina's 355-367
Jaar:
1981-01-01
Inhoud:
The purpose of this study was to investigate a pertinent research question in the field of death education: Who are the students? More specifically, what are some similarities and differences in students who become involved in university-level death education and students who do not? Three groups of university students, a death education-enrolled group (N = 33), a death education completed group (N = 38), and a control group (N = 65) were compared on a wide range of personal variables, life experiences, attitudes toward death, and attitudes toward life. The findings revealed that the students involved in death education reported becoming aware of death at a younger age and in their upbringing had experienced more frequent family discussions about death. Both death education groups (enrolled and completed) were compared with the control group on the attitude measures. Both groups were more conscious of death than the control group, and more students from the death education groups expected to die from a specific cause (i.e., cancer), which seemed to involve an awareness of the process of dying. These findings support the assumption that although death-related experiences were similar for both groups, students who enroll for death education have experienced less death denial in their childhood background and are themselves less death-denying.
Uitgever:
Routledge
Bronbestand:
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
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