A Study on the Meaning of Life, the Attitude Toward death and the bjective Well-being Among Hsiao-Liu-Chiu Elders in Taiwan.

• Main Authors: Kui-Liang Tsai, 蔡坤良
• Other Authors: Ming-Chang Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18006805617030715041

碩士 === 南華大學 === 生死學研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this study is to discuss the actual condition of the meaning of life, attitude toward death and the subjective well-being, and to analyze the relationship among these three variables. According to the conclusion of the research, specific suggestions could be made and provided to related administration and service for reference and further study. This study adopts three methods, including questionnaire survey, the literature review analysis, and depth interview, taking the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu of Taiwan as parent population, using quota and snowball sampling..The effective samples are 200 questionnaires. The research uses the tool, “questionnaire of the meaning of life, attitude toward death, and the subjective well-being.”And the collected data is processed with the software package SPSS 8.0 for windows. Descriptive statistics, T-test, one-way ANOVA, Canonical correlation are also used. Findings from the a- nalysis are summarized as follows： 1. In the aspect of the meaning in life. (1) The meaning of life of the elders in Hsiao- Liu-Chiu is positive. (2) The meaning of life of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu can be affected by retirement and a decline in heath. (3) There makes a significant difference of meaning of life in the variables of personal background. 2.In the aspect of attitude toward death. (1) The attitude of death of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu expresses (appears to be) fear to the dying and the remained. (2) The attitude of death of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu can be affected by the traditional concept of death. (3) There makes a significant difference of death of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu in the variables of personal background which express (appear to be) the characters of flux and complicacy. 3. In the aspect of subjective well-being. (1) The subjective well-being of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu is high. (2) The source of the subjective well-being of the elders in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu included self-effort, effectual freedom, power and social support. (3) There makes a significant difference of subjective well-being in the variables of personal background . 4.The relationship of the sense of subjective well-being, the attitude toward death and the sense of meaning of life in Hsiao-Liu-Chiu of Taiwan. (1) There exists a Canonical correlation between the meaning of life and attitude toward death. The later has more interpreting power than the meaning in life. (2) There exists a Canonical correlation between the meaning of life and the subjective well-being. The meaning of life has more influential power than the subjective well-being. (3) There exists a Canonical correlation between the subjective well-being and the attitude toward death . The subjective well-being has more influential power than the attitude toward death. 5.There exists a Canonical correlation among the meaning of life, the attitude toward death, the subjective well-being and social support.Social support shows certain degree of influence.