Attitudes Toward Aging and Death Anxiety: Aging and Death Class

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Davis-Berman
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Aging ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Aging Class

Attitudes toward aging and fear of death were examined and compared before and after completion of a course on aging or a course on death and dying. Dramatic decreases in fear of death were observed in both classes at post-test. Despite the reduction in fear, the death class maintained negative attitudes toward aging. The aging class, however, managed to maintain positive attitudes toward older adults, while at the same time reducing death anxiety. Contradictions with the existing literature are discussed, and implications are presented for course development and implementation.

The manifestation of death as seen in Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air: A psychological approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Arilia Triyoga ◽  
Apriyana Kartika Putri
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Worth Living ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Life Worth Living ◽  
Positive Attitudes

When Breath Becomes Air was written by Paul Kalanithi. Death is the major thing discussed in the novel. This research investigated the manifestation of death in the novel When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Perspective and attitude are the manifestation of death. It gives an impact on the main character’s life. The research proves that someone who is dying will experience a change of feeling and develop two attitudes (positive and negative). Negative attitudes include kind’s fear of death, and the positive attitudes are about what makes life worth living in spite of suffering and death anxiety.

scholarly journals Students’ and parents’ attitude towards the SEE English test

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Saraswati Dawadi
Keyword(s):  
Test Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Test Fairness ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Listening And Speaking

This paper reports on a study that explored students’ and their parents’ attitudes towards the fairness and accuracy of the Secondary Education Examination (SEE)English test- a high stakes test in the Nepalese context. It is most probably the first empirical study that has extensively explored this area. The data generated through a longitudinal survey among 247 SEE candidates and semi-structured interviews with six students and their parents in both the pre-test and post-test contexts indicates that students had mostly positive attitudes towards the test fairness and its accuracy in the pre-test context but mostly negative attitudes in the post-test context. However, parents had mostly negative attitudes towards the test in both contexts. Both students and their parents raised questions regarding the accuracy and fairness of the listening and speaking test in the post-test context. Having collected both the qualitative and quantitative data, this study has gained a comprehensive picture of the complexity of the test impacts within the Nepalese educational context, as perceived by students and their parents. The implications of the study have also been highlighted.

Death Anxiety, Death Depression, and Death Obsession: A General Factor of Death Distress is Evident: A Reply

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1212-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Death Depression

A sample of 75 (16 men, and 59 women) Kuwaiti college students responded to Templer's and Collett-Lester Death Anxiety Scales, Templer, et al.'s Death Depression Scale and Abdel-Khalek's Death Obsession Scale. A general high-loaded factor of death distress was extracted using the total scores. However, in using the Collett-Lester four subscales, the Fear of Death and Dying of Others loaded on a second factor.

Relationship between the Templer Death Anxiety Scale and the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 561-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Var Go
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between the Templer Death Anxiety Scale and the four subscales of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. Product-moment correlations computed between 72 undergraduate nursing students' scores on these measures indicated that the two death anxiety scales were significantly correlated. Moreover, the Templer Death Anxiety Scale was most highly correlated with those Collett-Lester subscales which purportedly measure fears of one's own death and dying ( rs = .61, .51). The Templer scale appears to be not only a measure of death anxiety in general but also one of fears concerning personal demise in particular. Significant correlations between scales support their concurrent validity.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of a digital game to improve public perception of dementia: A pretest-posttest evaluation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257337
Author(s):  
Gillian Carter ◽  
Christine Brown Wilson ◽  
Gary Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Definitive Evidence ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test

The global impact of dementia is a key healthcare priority, and although it is possible to live well with dementia, public perception is often negative. Serious digital games are becoming a credible delivery method to educate/train individuals in the business and health sectors and to challenge perceptions. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital game prototype on individual attitudes towards dementia. A digital game to improve public knowledge and understanding about dementia (www.dementiagame.com) was co-designed with people living with dementia and student nurses. The Game was evaluated using a pretest-posttest design. Participants for the evaluation were recruited via social media in one UK university and completed the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ) before and after playing the game. Overall, 457 individuals completed both pre and post test questionnaires. The total ADQ score demonstrated a significant improvement in positive attitudes (p < 0.001), and both subscales of Hope and Recognition of Personhood also saw significant improvements (p < 0.001). The use of a serious digital game has demonstrated a significant effect on the respondents’ perceptions of dementia. Overall, there was a more positive view of the abilities of people with dementia and what their capabilities were. They were also more likely to be recognised as unique individuals with the same values as any other person. The benefit of using digital gaming to improve perceptions of dementia has been demonstrated, nonetheless further research is required to reach a more diverse population and test as a Randomised Control Trial to provide definitive evidence for use in policy and practice.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Dengan Metode Ceramah Plus Diskusi Dan Tugas (CPDT) Terhadap Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Remaja Putri Tentang Pencegahan Keputihan Di SMPN 29 Surabaya

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erlita Kusuma R
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Signed Rank ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Signed Rank Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Female Teenagers

Flour albus incidents increase every year. Flour albus is a normal condition but it will be dangerous if flour albums becomes ill smelling, color of fluid, itching, and in a large amount. The low level of the female teenagers knowledge about flour albus prevention will cause negative attitudes. Lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) methods used to accompany respondents on health education. This method was expected to change the knowledge and attitude of persons in order to increase his health quality.;The research used pre experimental with one group pre post test design. Population subject of this research is the female teenagers. Questioner filled before and after the researcher give lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) method to 14 respondents who fulfil the inclusion criteria. Independent variable is health education with lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) method. Dependent variable is female teenagers knowledge and attitude. Data was collected and then analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with significant value p≤ 0.05.;`This results showed that there was effect of lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) method on the female teenagers knowledge and attitude about flour albus prevention. Based on that results we can concluded that the lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) method can be able to increase knowledge (p=0,001) and attitude (p=0,002). Adequate and effective information through lecture plus discussion and assignment (CPDT) method can increase knowledge. It will influence the positive attitude and action at daily activity.; Hopefully, this research impact on decresing number of flour albus incidens in female teenagers through an effective health education methods.

scholarly journals Pelatihan TOEIC untuk siswi-siswi Tata Busana SMK Muhammadiyah Bangunjiwo, Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Luluk Iswati
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Constant Score ◽  
International Communication ◽  
School Year ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
English Competence ◽  
The Government

Kegiatan Program Kemitraan Masyarakat (PKM) ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi Bahasa Inggris siswi-siswi Tata Busana SMK Muhammadiyah Bangunjiwo dengan memberikan pelatihan TOEIC (Test of English as an International Communication). TOEIC merupakan standar alat ukur kemampuan Bahasa Inggris siswa-siswi lulusan SMK yang telah diterapkan oleh pemerintah melalui Kemendikbud. Sebagai jurusan yang baru dibuka di tahun ajaran 2017/2018, Jurusan Tata Busana SMK Muhammadiyah Bangunjiwo belum pernah mengadakan pelatihan maupun tes TOEIC untuk meningkatkan serta mengukur kemampuan Bahasa Inggris para siswanya. Pelatihan ini dilaksanakan selama 17 pertemuan, dimana 2 pertemuan diantaranya digunakan untuk pre-dan post-test TOEIC bagi para peserta. Sebanyak 13 peserta tercatat sebagai peserta pelatihan ini. Pre-test dan post-test dilaksanakan untuk mengukur capaian skor peserta sebelum dan setelah pelatihan. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa dari 13 peserta pelatihan, 3 peserta tidak masuk selama pelatihan dan tidak mengikuti pre dan post-test (tidak aktif), 4 peserta hanya mengikuti post-test, 3 peserta mengalami kenaikan skor, 2 peserta mengalami penurunan skor, dan 1 peserta skornya tetap. Secara keseluruhan dapat disimpulkan bahwa meskipun hasilnya tidak signifikan, ada sikap dan hal positif yang ditunjukkan para peserta. Indikatornya adalah jumlah peserta post-test yang meningkat (10 orang) dibandingkan pada saat pre-test (6 orang) sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa motivasi peserta naik, dan jumlah peserta yang mengalami kenaikan skor (3 orang) lebih banyak daripada peserta yang mengalami penurunan skor (2 orang), sehingga bisa dikatakan bahwa pelatihan ini cukup efektif untuk menaikkan kompetensi Bahasa Inggris para peserta. �Kata kunci: TOEIC; kompetensi Bahasa Inggris; SMK�Abstract This Community Partnership Service activity aimed to improve the competence of English students at SMK (Vocational High School) Muhammadiyah Bangunjiwo by conducting TOEIC (Test of English and International Communication) training. TOEIC is a standard of English language proficiency measurement for SMK graduates who have been set by the government through the Ministry of Education and Culture. As a new department opened in the 2017/2018 school year, the Department of Clothing of SMK Muhammadiyah Bangunjiwo has never held a TOEIC training nor TOEIC test to improve and measure the English language skills of its students. In this program, the training was held for 17 meetings, of which 2 meetings were used for the TOEIC pre-and post-test for the participants. A total of 13 participants were listed as participants in this training. Pre-test and post-test were carried out to measure participants' scores before and after training. The results showed that out of 13 training participants, 3 participants did not participate in the training nor did they �participate in the pre and post-test (inactive), 4 participants only followed the post-test, 3 participants got an increased score, 2 participants got a decreased score, and 1 participant got a constant score. Overall, it can be concluded that even though the results are not significant, there are positive attitudes and things shown by the participants. The indicator is the increasing number of post-test participants (10 people) compared to the pre-test (6 people) so that it can be said that the participants' motivation rises, and the number of participants who got an increased score (3 people) is more than the participants who got a decreased score (2 people,) so that it can be said that this training is quite effective in increasing the English competence of the participants.�Keywords: TOEIC; English competence; vocational school

scholarly journals Political Activity Indicators in Public Opinion Surveys

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladas Gaidys
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Open Question

Indicators of regular public opinion surveys are analysed in the aspect of political activity. The main attention of analysis was focused on the indicators of voting preferences ‘will not vote’, ‘don’t know’ and ‘no answer’, also on frequencies of mentioning popular politicians in an open question, neutral answers to questions about trust in President and Seimas. The empirical basis of the paper is surveys conducted in 1989–2020 and the joined file of eleven surveys in 2019. The analysis of the data shows the difference in the answers ‘don’t know who to vote for’ before and after the elections: after the elections a considerably bigger part of respondents have their opinion on voting preferences. In an open question ‘Which politicians, in your opinion, best represent your interests?’, the highest result was fixed in 1989–1990, in the time of the highest political activity in society, and the lowest was fixed in the 20s. The neutral evaluations of President are in a close connection with positive attitudes to this institution and the neutral evaluations of Seimas are in a close relation with negative attitudes to this institution.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN KESEHATAN MELALUI EDUKASI PENATALAKSANAAN KEGAWATDARURATAN

2021 ◽  
pp. 621
Author(s):  
Alya Dwiyana ◽  
Decven Angela ◽  
Agnes Marcella
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Safety Factors ◽  
Emergency Education ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Unnecessary Death

Education related to emergency cases and their management are very important and practical; in order to increase the number of people, particularly students, who are trained in handling first aid in emergency cases. The purposes of this event are to provide an insight and understanding as well as to socialize first aid skills on emergency cases to lay people. By understanding health and safety factors, positively they can help to prevent unnecessary death. Emergency education and first aid training can increase public knowledge about the potential cases, so that people can implement them in daily life. This will definitely have an impact in increasing positive attitudes on the community. The event is held online using Zoom platform, on Saturday, September 24, 2021 and were attended by 339 participants, mostly medical students. Before and after the presentation, a pretest and a post-test are conducted to assess the knowledge of attending participants regarding emergency education. In general, the participants have better understanding about emergency cases and first aid training after the event.Kegiatan Penyuluhan Kesehatan Masyarakat (PKM) berupa edukasi terkait kasus gawat darurat serta tatalaksananya tentunya merupakan hal yang sangat penting dan bermanfaat. Sasaran kegiatan ini adalah terjadinya peningkatan jumlah orang yang terlatih, terutama dikalangan mahasiswa, dalam melakukan tindakan pertolongan pertama pada kasus gawat darurat. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah memberikan wawasan serta pemahaman kepada masyarakat dan mensosialisasikan sejak dini kegiatan pertolongan pertama pada kasus kegawatdaruratan. Dengan demikan, pertolongan dapat dilakukan dengan memperhatikan unsur kesehatan serta keselamatan dengan tujuan dapat mencegah terjadinya kematian. Edukasi serta pelatihan ini dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai kasus gawat darurat yang berdampak pada peningkatan sikap yang positif pada masyarakat, khususnya dalam kasus kegawatdaruratan serta penatalaksanaannya sehingga masyarakat dapat menerapkan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Kegiatan PKM ini dilakukan secara daring (online) dengan menggunakan platformZoom pada hari Sabtu tanggal 25 September 2021 dan diikuti oleh 339 peserta yang sebagian besar dari kalangan mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran. Sebelum dan sesudah penyampaian materi edukasi kasus kegawatdaruratan, dilakukan pretest untuk menilai pengetahuan awal peserta dan post-test bagi peserta untuk menilai pengetahuan setelah mengikuti edukasi terkait kegawatdaruratan. Secara garis besar, terdapat peningkatan pemahaman peserta mengenai tatalaksana kasus kegawatdaruratan (first aid) setelah dilakukan penyuluhan.

The Effect of an Instructional Module on Death and Dying on the Death Anxiety of Emergency Medical Technician Trainees

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Instructional Unit ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Instructional Module ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Medical Technician

This study was designed to determine whether an instructional unit on death and dying during an emergency medical technician (EMT) course can reduce death anxiety in EMT trainees. Participants were voluntarily enrolled in EMT courses; two intact classes were randomly assigned as treatment groups and two as comparison groups. A pre-test was administered to all participants at the beginning of the study. Treatment groups then participated in a nine-hour instructional module on death and dying. All participants were given a post-test immediately after the instruction and a delayed-test eight weeks later. There were no significant differences between groups on pre-, post-, or delayed-tests. While death anxiety generally decreased in both groups, the disengagement factor decreased only in the comparison group. Death education apparently had no more influence on death anxiety than other selected variables.

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