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KMID : 1023720100490010311
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2010 Volume.49 No. 1 p.311 ~ p.332
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A Study on the Factors Influencing Death Anxiety: Examination of Impact of Family Function, Spiritual Well-Being and Ego-Integrity
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Lee Han-Na
Kang Eun-Na
Kim Se-Won
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship among death anxiety, family function, spiritual well-being and ego-integrity comprehensively and suggest effective intervention to death anxiety in the elderly. Survey was carried out for 248 persons aged 65 or above who are living in Seoul and Kyung-gi province. To analyze the study model, structural equation modeling was used. The results of this study are as follows: First, the study model fitness shows reasonable fit. Second, ego-integrity mediates the relation between family function and death anxiety fully. Third, spiritual well-being does not mediate the relation between family function and death anxiety, but it has mediating effect between family function and ego-integrity partially. This finding suggests that to treat death anxiety effectively, integrative perspective considering both family and spiritual factors is necessary, and moreover, through this process, inspiration of ego-integrity as a key factor to death anxiety is important.
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KEYWORD
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death anxiety, family function, spiritual well-being, ego-integrity
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