Abstract

This study is to investigate the relationship between Purpose in Life and Death Anxiety. The subjects of this study are 184 junior high school and hight school teacher who have worked for more than 10 years. The measurement tools are Purpose in Life(PiL) test and Collett-Leaster's Fear of Death and Dying Scale(FDDS). The subscales of FDDS are composed of four subscales; fear of death of self, fear of death of other, fear of dying of self, and fear of dying of another. The results of this study are as follows: 1. The mean and the range of PiL are 75.94(SD=&#x00B1;10.56) and 20 - 100 respectively, and the mean and the range of FDDS are 93.35(SD=&#x00B1;11.68) and 36 - 144. 2. 17 percent of subjects responded that they were experiencing existential vacuum which was indicated on the lowest points on Purpose in Life. 3. In particular, subjects' age is the most significant variable in predicting the level of fear of death: the group of subjects in their thirties showed the highest level of fear of death, whereas the subjects in their fifties showed the lowest level of fear of death. 4. There was a significant negative correlation between the Purpose in Life and Death Anxiety(r=-0,368, p<,001); the higher the level of Purpose in Life, the lower the level of fear of death.