title: [Types of students' death attitudes majoring in human service area: q-methodological approach].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to analyze death attitudes of students majoring in the human service area, such as nursing science, education, and social welfare.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. The 38 selected Q-statements from each of 42 subjects were classified into a shape of normal distribution using a 9 point scale. The collected data was analyzed using a QUANL PC program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four types of death attitudes for research subjects in nursing, education, and social welfare areas were identified. Type I is fatalistic admission, Type II is pursuit of existential life, Type III is uncertainty of life after death, and Type IV is separation-connection between life and death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study indicate that different approaches of death educational programs are recommended based on the four types of death attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. jokw@cu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kae-Hwa
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Hyun Ji
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yun Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching