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Hyeon-Dong Song ¹, Kwang-Hwan Kim ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Hotel and Tourism, College of Global Business Administration, Konyang University, Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do - 320-711, KR
2 Department of Hospital Management, College of Medical Sciences, Konyang University, Seo-gu, Daejeon - 302-812, KR

Abstract

This study was performed to solve problems how the effect of death education can be secured. To accomplish this, the survey was administered from January 5, 2015 to January 30, 2015, intended for 8 professors who offered death-related courses for about 1 month at university. For research methods, DACUM technique was used to analyze functions on death education intended for students. Results derived from analysis showed that the core of function analysis on student-intended death education is a humanistic approach towards life and death and a field of mental health to overcome when a situation of death is predicted, and when a situation of death actually occurs. It reached the conclusion that death education is required for not only a realistic solution for a problem of death for the elderly and the public but also a solution for a problem of life for students. Results demonstrated that as death education in Korean society is expanded not only for the elderly but also the general public and students, a program customized by education object or age group will be required.

Keywords

DACUM Technique, Death Education, Function Analysis, Loss and Cure, Meaning of Death

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Arma Park ¹, Moon-Joon Kim ¹, Hyeon-Dong Song ², Sang-Yoon Ahn ³, Chong Hyung Lee ³, Kwang-Hwan Kim ³

Affiliations
1 Department of General Art Education, College of General Education, Konyang University, KP
2 Department of Global Hotel & Tourism, College of Tax and Business Administration, Konyang University, KP
3 Department of Hospital Management, College of Medical Science, Konyang University, KP

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Understanding the universal feelings of humans and its association words is expected to provide fundamental resources for the diagnosis and prescription of target patients, which is essential in the humanities therapy. Methods/Statistical Analysis: A questionnaire survey was conducted for the study method. The general characteristics were analyzed for frequency using the statistic program R, and a multiple response analysis was conducted for the questions about association words. Perception of Koreans about love stays at a community level such as family rather than at an individual level. Findings: In the case of 'Happiness'-associated words Koreans put more importance on the spiritual satisfaction than the actual behavior or objects in terms of their value in happiness. Perception of Koreans about sadness is relationship-centered and they suffer an emotional injury when those relationships are cut off or split up. Koreans consider death their fate whereas they understand it negative causing fear, terror and loss rather than accept it as a part of life. Improvements: This study finding are expected to be used as effective resources to develop a therapeutic program relevant to mental disorders as it was based on the empirical analysis into the universal emotion such as the values of happiness and death of ordinary people.

Keywords

Emotion Analysis, Death Education, Therapeutic Program, Word Association.

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