The Impact of Education and Death-Related Experiences on Rehabilitation Counselor Attitudes Toward Death and Dying

Autor: Haas-Thompson, Traci, Alston, Paul P., Holbert, Don
Zdroj: Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling; 2008, Vol. 39 Issue: 1 p20-27, 8p
Abstrakt: This study examined whether rehabilitation counselor exposure to death education and personal death-related experiences were related to attitudes toward their own death and the dying of others. One hundred forty-eight rehabilitation counselors employed by the North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation completed the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (FDS), and Death Depression Scale-Revised (DDS-R). The number of personal death experiences and exposure to death education were significantly related to less fear of death among participating counselors. Rehabilitation counselors with master's degrees also expressed less fear of death than those with bachelor degrees, perhaps related to grief and loss issues typically taught in the psychosocial aspects of disability classes.
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