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KMID : 1025620150180040478
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
2015 Volume.18 No. 4 p.478 ~ p.490
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Biomedical Ethics Awareness, Moral Self-Concepts, and Self-Esteem among College Students Majoring in Healthcare
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김미옥:Kim Mi-Ok
김경숙:Kim Kyung-Sook
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of biomedical ethics awareness, moral self-concepts, and self-esteem among college students majoring in healthcare. This study employed a crosssectional survey design. The participants were 268 third- or fourth-year university students majoring in healthcare in South Korea. The statistical analyses include descriptive statistics of the respondents` general characteristics, and the data were analyzed with a t-test and ANOVA using the SPSS WIN 18.0 program. The average score for biomedical ethics awareness was 2.01±0.20 (using a 4-point Likert scale); the scores for self-esteem and moral self-concepts were 2.04±0.45, and 2.17±0.31 respectively. Biomedical ethics awareness showed a positive correlation with moral self-concepts (r=.157, p=.011); and selfesteem showed a positive correlation with moral self-concepts (r=.596, p<.001). Reproductive ethics (r=.124, p=.043) and the right to life (r=.147, p=.016), sub-domains of biomedical ethics awareness, also showed positive correlations with moral self-concepts. The results of this study suggest that biomedical ethics education should focus primarily on reproductive ethics, the right to life, and the ethics of death.
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KEYWORD
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biomedical ethics awareness, self-esteem, moral self-concepts
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