Korean J Med Educ.  2019 Sep;31(3):251-260. 10.3946/kjme.2019.135.

Nursing students’ relationships among resilience, life satisfaction, psychological well-being, and attitude to death

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  • 1Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea. jheyelin@dju.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study attempted to examine the influence of resilience, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being on attitude to death.
METHODS
A predictive correlational design was used. The participants were 184 nursing students from three universities of Korea. They responded to a self-report questionnaire, with items on demographics, resilience, life satisfaction, psychological well-being, and attitude to death.
RESULTS
The mean score for attitude to death was 2.77±0.39 (range, 1-4), and a significant difference was observed depending on age, grade, and death-related education. Attitude to death was positively correlated with death-related education, resilience, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that death-related education and psychological well-being were significant predictors of attitude to death, explaining 26.6% of the latter. The most important factor was psychological well-being.
CONCLUSION
Although death-related education and psychological well-being are two of the most influential factors among nursing students, no more than 30.4% of this study's participants received death-related education. Death-related education is necessary to help nursing students so that they can cope positively with stressful situations by finding positive meaning. It is necessary to develop a systematic curriculum so that these students can establish a positive attitude to death.

Keyword

Attitude to death; Personal satisfaction; Resilience; Nursing students

MeSH Terms

Attitude to Death*
Curriculum
Demography
Education
Humans
Korea
Nursing*
Personal Satisfaction
Students, Nursing
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