The Study of Middle-Aged and Old Persons’ Intention to Undertake ‘Final Life Stage Planning’

• Main Authors: Tsung-Liang Chou, 周忠良
• Other Authors: Si-Chi Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25634596462853660005

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 生命教育與健康促進研究所 === 100 === The main purpose of this study is to understand how middle-aged and old persons’ intention to undertake the final stage of his life plan and factor, related to the participants’ individual background and his life experience affected his desire to undertaking the final stage plan of his life. The 712 participants are middle-aged and old persons, took sample from senior active learning center in Taipei used the simple random sampling method. The questionnaire of research is designed by the researcher used both close and open-ended questions. The results showed that there are 10 aspects of final stage life plan that can be categorized to four factors. There are "Be fulfilled", "Together with families and friends", "Death preparation" and "Life prints". In addition, " Together with families and friends" factor got the highest average score, and "Life prints" got the lowest one. With the different of individual background (gender、age、level of education、marital status) and environment (individual educational experience of death and life、discussing topic of death between families), we find different purpose with his final willing plan. Finally, according to the results of this study related to the life educational courses is the main concept of final stage willing plan to live his full life and give some proposals for future research.