Date of Award
Spring 1980
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Department
Human Movement Sciences
Committee Director
Beverly B. Johnson
Committee Member
Paul L. Heine
Committee Member
Harold E. Wingard
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E32R64
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes toward death and dying of college students in selected colleges and universities in Virginia. The purpose was to identify attitudinal differences relating to the characteristics of sex, race, age, religious preference, degree of religiosity, socio-economic area, income level, marital status, political viewpoints, imminent personal death, and personal death experience.
The Complete Inventory Price Death Attitude Scale was administered to 886 college students during the 1979-80 academic school year. Data were statistically analyzed by the Discriminant Analysis Technique and the Cattell Coefficient of Profile Similarity.
Data were analyzed in terms of four subscales: Subscale I, Death Fears, Anxiety and, Tension; Subscale II, Death Education; Subscale III, Suicide; and Subscale IV, Miscellaneous or General.
All of the demographic variables except socio-economic area, yearly income, political viewpoints, and personal death experience were found to discriminate at or beyond the .05 level.
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DOI
10.25777/ycrd-8g85
Recommended Citation
Rochele, Jacqueline J..
"Attitudes of Students in Selected Virginia Colleges and Universities Related to Death and Dying"
(1980). Master of Science in Education (MSEd), Thesis, Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/ycrd-8g85
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