노인의 죽음수용 정도와 죽음준비가 자아통합감에 미치는 영향 = Effects of Elderly’s Death Acceptance Degree and Death Preparation on Self-integration

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Humans should integrate their past, present, and future, accept their whole life without regret, and integrate their ego, and be in a state which does not ultimately fear death. This study analyzes effects of elderly’s death acceptance degree and death preparation on self-integration and suggest resolution which can increase their self-integration.
Subjects of this study are 514 elderly, who reside in Jeollabuk-do, and uses Senior Welfare Center. The results are like these after conducting survey about degree of death acceptance, death preparation, and self-integration.
First, in the study, it was revealed that neutral, and approached acceptance in degree of death acceptance has positive effects, and escaped acceptance has negative effects. Second, it was revealed that in degree of death preparation, psychological death preparation positively affects in self-integration. It is also shown that self-integration is increased by accepting and acknowledging death psychologically. Third, it was revealed that physical death and after life preparation does not validly affect elderly’s self-integration.
Therefore, psychological death preparation should be provided rather than physical and after life death preparation, to increase self-integration related to elderly’s death. Death education which can embrace understanding about psychological death and realistic acceptance can develop self-integration. Furthermore, life qualify of elderly’s lives can be increased.