title: A study of the effects of personal and academic exposures on attitudes of nursing students toward death.
abstract: A study of attitudes toward death was conducted utilizing a modified version of Hopping's Death Attitude Indicator. Seventy-two senior and 43 sophomore nursing students from the University of Connecticut were compared for the effects of academic exposure and personal exposure to death. Scores were analyzed using an analysis of variance at the 0.05 alpha level. Results revealed no significant changes due to personal exposure or the interaction of personal and academic exposure. There was found to be a significant change in attitude due to academic exposure.
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003237:Connecticut; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*