청소년들의 삶과 죽음에 대한 태도

Youth Attitude toward Life and Death

This study is to investgate the youth attitude toward life and death. For this study, we obtained data from 341 students in middle and high school of Chungcheongnam-do. The findings are as follows : First, their attitude toward life meaning was normal( M=3.14 ). That is, their life purpose( M=3.32) and life pleasure (M=2.97) are normal. But their aittude toward life is different by variables such as school grade, academic achivement, and family atmosphere. Second, their attitude toward death was also normal( M=3.13). That is, their death acceptance ( M=3.32) and death axiety ( M=3.24) are normal. But their aittude toward death is different by variables such as school grade and family atmosphere. Third, their attitude toward life and death had a correlation. That is, their attitude towad life meaning has a positive (+) correlation with death anxiety and death acceptance. But it has a negative (-) correlation with their attitude toward suicide. And their attitude toward life purpose also has a positive correlation with death acceptance and death anxiety. But it has a negative correlation with attitude toward suicide.