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Predictors of Death Attitude and Death Competency among the Elders

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2010, v.24 no.1, pp.11-27
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2010.24.1.002


& (2010). Predictors of Death Attitude and Death Competency among the Elders. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 24(1), 11-27, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2010.24.1.002
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Abstract

The present research is aimed at exploring the variables that are related to death attitude and death competency and examining the influence of death attitude on death competency. The purposes of the present research are to investigate the influence of demographics, personality, and ego-integrity on fear of death and death acceptance among the elders. Another purpose of the present research is to investigate the influence of death attitudes on death competency. Therefore, the multivariate analyses of the variance were conducted using 96 older adults, aged 61-86, to examine the influence of death attitude on death competency. Findings from a series of stepwise regression analyses indicated that demographics and personality factors contributed significantly to the explained variance in death attitude in the elders. With regard to death competency, conscientiousness among personality factors and ego-integrity were significant predictors. Also, the result showed that death fear and death acceptance had significant influences on death competency. In summary, findings from the present research confirmed the significant influence of demographics, personality factors and psychological adaptation indices on death attitude among the elders. Furthermore, the result supported the underlying assumption that death attitude, consisted of death fear and death acceptance, is a significant predictor on death competency. A number of limitations and implications of the present research were acknowledged and the suggestions for further research focusing on their practical importance on death education were discussed.

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death attitude, death fear, death acceptance, death competency, personality factors, demographics, ego-integrity, 죽음 태도, 죽음 공포, 죽음 수용, 죽음 대처 유능감, 자아통합감, 성격 변인, 인구학적 변인

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