The Growth of Death Awareness through Death Education among University Students in Hong Kong

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-Ying Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Death Education ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Death Awareness ◽  
Attitude Toward Death ◽  
The Relationship

This study attempts to explore the attitude toward death, which ranges from fear of death to its acceptance, held by students of one of the universities in Hong Kong. It also tries to examine the relationship between their attitude toward death and their ratings of life and death. Another aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a death education course offered in that university. It is found that the present death attitude of Hong Kong university students is not satisfactory and that it has been significantly improved after students took a death education course.

The Concept of Death and the Growth of Death Awareness Among University Students in Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-ying Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Death Education ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Attitudes Toward Death ◽  
Current State ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Courses

This study examined the concept of and attitudes toward death of university students and evaluated the efficacy of the death education courses offered by different universities in Hong Kong. The study adopted a pretreatment and posttreatment comparison approach in assessing the efficacy of the courses. The same set of instruments, Death Attitude Profile-Revised and Semantic Differential Ratings of Life and Death, measuring students' views of and attitudes toward death were administered to the students twice, once at the start of the courses and another at the end. Results of the pretreatment survey also served to depict the current state of students' views and attitudes. The target students comprised two groups: those taking the relevant courses and those not; this latter group served as a comparison group in assessing the treatment group's behavior. The achieved sample included 368 students who responded to both the pre- and posttreatment surveys, of which 134 had attended the relevant courses. The results indicated that the students had a more negative views on death as compared with that of life. Findings also suggested that the death education courses had significant and positive impact on the students, that is, viewing death more positively than before, having less fear and avoidance confronting death. However, the impact differed depending on the gender as well as death experience of the student.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Relationship between Attitude toward Suicide and Views on Life and Death among University Students.

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Takao YOKOTA ◽  
Hiroshi ISHIZU ◽  
Masafumi AKISAKA ◽  
Koichi NAKA ◽  
Minoru TAKAKURA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Relationship

The New Face of Death: Postmodernity and Changing Perspectives of the Afterlife

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond L. M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Death Process ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Near Death Experience

Reflections on the near-death experience, the bardo teachings in Tibetan Buddhism, and the relationship between dying and dreaming have made possible many new insights into the death process. The postmodern context in which this knowledge is being disseminated provides an environment conducive to understanding the meaning of self-transformation in life and death. These developments suggest that the denial and fear of death have been an unnecessary distraction in the unfolding of human consciousness.

scholarly journals Digital Health Literacy and Health-Related Well-Being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Socioeconomic Status Among University Students in Hong Kong and Macao

2021 ◽  
pp. 101053952110122
Author(s):  
Padmore Adusei Amoah ◽  
Angela Y. M. Leung ◽  
Laurence Lloyd Parial ◽  
Angela Chiu Yin Poon ◽  
Henry Hoi-Yee Tong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship

The current study examined the moderating role of socioeconomic status (SES) in the association between digital health literacy (DHL) and psychological well-being of 801 university students in Hong Kong and Macao amid the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Results showed that DHL and SES were positively associated with psychological well-being. Surprisingly, SES negatively modified the relationship between DHL and psychological well-being. We argue that while attempts are being made to improve the well-being through DHL among students and others alike, a one-size-fits-all approach would not suffice because of diversity in students’ socioeconomic backgrounds.

The Relationship Between Values and Academic Major in a Sampled Chinese University Students in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742098870
Author(s):  
Shui-wai Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Art Students ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between values and academic major in university students in Hong Kong. The study used a survey based on a convenience sample of 645 university students in Hong Kong who responded to a questionnaire comprising Schwartz’s Values Survey and Super’s Work Values Inventory. Comparison between several majors of study and their counterparts reveals that business, as well as humanities and art, students demonstrated general and work values in accordance with the literature. This gains partial support to the claim that there is a close connection between values and choice of academic majors.

Quality Insights of University Students on Dying, Death, and Death Education—A Preliminary Study in Hong Kong

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mui Hing June Mak
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Death Education ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Death And Loss

Death is a subject seldom studied in school and often misunderstood and feared by many people. Children often learn about death from their family and mass media. From the literature review on dying, death, and death education, it may be concluded that people are generally ignorant about the issues of death and dying. There is a need to investigate what young people, such as university students, know about death and dying, and their attitudes toward them. Eight university students were recruited for this study. Most participants have had death experiences. They seldom talked about death and loss. Some of these experiences were quite pleasant but some of them were not. Most participants addressed the need to have “life and death” education in schools at their young age. Such a need is further supported by the incidents of two participants who attempted suicide unsuccessfully when they encountered a life problem which they could not solve.

scholarly journals Striving to Avoid Inferiority and Procrastination among University Students: The Mediating Roles of Stress and Self-Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5570
Author(s):  
Peter-Yee-Lap To ◽  
Barbara-Chuen-Yee Lo ◽  
Ting-Kin Ng ◽  
Bernard-Pak-Ho Wong ◽  
Anna-Wai-Man Choi
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Actual Duration ◽  
The Relationship

The current study intended to examine whether the relationship between university students’ striving to avoid inferiority (SAI) and procrastination was serially mediated by stress and self-control. The sample consisted of 154 Hong Kong university students. Their levels of striving to avoid inferiority, stress, self-control, and procrastination were measured by the Striving to Avoid Inferiority Scale (SAIS), the stress subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), the Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SSRQ), and the General Procrastination Scale (GPS), respectively. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that SAI positively predicted stress, stress negatively predicted self-control, and self-control negatively predicted procrastination. SAI did not directly predict procrastination. The results of bootstrapping analyses supported the hypotheses that the effect of stress on procrastination was mediated by self-control, the effect of SAI on self-control was mediated by stress, and more importantly, the effect of SAI on procrastination was serially mediated by stress and self-control. Further research is suggested to investigate the thoughts and feelings pertinent to procrastination and the actual duration of procrastination among university students.

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