The Comparison of The Meaning of Life Between Junior High School Students Who Come From a Whole Family and Ones Who Come From a Single Parent Family.

• Main Authors: Chi-ju Mao, 毛紀如
• Other Authors: Chi - Kan Ywi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15079697622324341459

碩士 === 南華大學 === 生死學研究所 === 91 === 　The primary of this research is to understand the meaning of life in junior high schoolstudents (whole family, single-parent family). To analyze the difference of conditions which causing the meaning of life in different individualbackground parameter, family condition parameter and environment parameter. Then according to the research,it gives more recognition for the meaning of life in single-parent students and provides the concrete suggestions asthe reference of education and guidance. 　 　Being adopted questionnaire, it is on the basis of the single-parent students and whole family students in country being the test samples, and the effective samples are 680 in all. It is used “the Purpose In Life Test” as the research instrument. The research data are analyzed by The Mean, Standard Deviation, independent samples t Test and ANOVA to confirm the hypothesis. Then it is as contents analysis in accordance with the Mean of total marks, the distribution of score order, five elements of the meaning of life, the item of the meaning of life, and the difference conditions of meaning of life in all kinds of individual parameter. 　 　The results of this research are as follows: 1.The meaning of life is generally low in junior high school students（whole family, single-parent family）. 2.The difference conditions of the meaning of life in junior high school students (whole family, single-parent family) are different. Their differences are in the Mean of score, the distribution of score order, a table of element measure (“enthusiasm for life”, “the goal of life”, “evade╱active degree of individual” and “future expectation”), and the item of measure table（1.2.3.4. 6.7.8.9.10.13. 15.16.18.19.20.）.And whole family students are higher than single-parent students in the meaning of life.However, in a table of element measure（“independence”）and the item of measure table（5.11.12.14.17.）have no difference. 3.The difference conditions of the meaning of life for different individual background parameter (whole family, single-parent family) are very different. The differences are sex, grade (the first and second grade), the ranking of brothers and sisters, religious faith and usually or seldom participating religious activities. And whole family students are higher than single-parent students in the meaning of life. They have no differences are the third grade, the only brother and sister, the number of sibling and sometimes participating religious activities. 4.The difference conditions of the meaning of life for different family condition parameter (whole family, single-parent family) are different. The differences are lower society-experience status, single-parent time (within a year or above 2 years), and single-parent students (divorced, living with father or mother). Moreover, the meaning of life for whole family students is higher than the single-parent family ones. The same is higher social-experience status and the single-parent students who live with relatives. 5.The differences of the meaning of life in different environment parameter for junior high school students (whole family, single-parent family) are distinct. The differences are if they ever contact with the death experience person and sometimes or never talk about the death experience with family. Furthermore, the meaning of life in whole family students is higher than single-parent ones. And the students who usually talk about death experience with family have no difference. 6.Single-parent students toward the meaning of life are low. It is not as Frank’s logotheraphy said: after experiencing life suffering and finding the real meaning of life by changing individual attitudinal value. It affects the recognition of the meaning of life for individual. 7.According to this research conclusion, offering three aspects of suggestions for educational guidance, governmental assistance and future research as the reference of educators and future researchers.