Psychological support and demand for death education among Chinese college students during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of neutral death attitude

Jiang, Qi

doi:10.1002/nop2.1292

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“…The release of this film also demonstrated the gradual opening up of young Chinese people's attitudes towards death, as the film was also a way of open discussion that could reflect the culture and shape ideas (Rosenstone, 1986). The pandemic forced many teenagers to face bereavement unprepared and forced them to confront death directly, but they still had a very vague idea of what death was (Jiang, 2022). The film is good teaching material.…”

Section: Possible Teaching Methodsmentioning

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Facing Death: Should Death Education Be Taught to Chinese Youth as a Controversial Issue?

Cao

2024

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The COVID-19 epidemic has caused many adolescents to experience bereavement, which has brought attention to death education. Using three assessment criteria, namely behavioural, political and cognitive, this paper separately assesses whether death education is discussed as a controversial issue in the classroom in the Chinese context. The article presents the view that death education is not a controversial issue but a sensitive one. And it demonstrates possible ways of implementing death education in Chinese classrooms through an example.

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Section: Possible Teaching Methodsmentioning

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Facing Death: Should Death Education Be Taught to Chinese Youth as a Controversial Issue?

Cao

2024

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“…This conclusion is consistent with existing research: Otsuka et al ( 64 ) identified an association between instrumental social support and emotional social support with a reduced risk of suicide. Jiang’s study showed that psychological support had a prominent positive predictive effect on death education demand and neutral death attitude ( 65 ). On this basis, it is suggested that improving social support can facilitate Chinese parents forming a positive and healthy attitude toward death and increase their demand and support for death education (note that demand in this context can also be seen as this support).…”

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Research on factors influencing Chinese parents’ support for death education: a cross-sectional survey

Chen,

Xiao,

Huang

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the factors influencing Chinese parents’ attitudes toward death education. Given the current lack of such education in China, this research is particularly significant. Death education is vital for shaping the values of young people and alleviating mental health issues, such as depression and suicidal tendencies. By identifying these influencing factors, this study seeks to provide guidance for policymakers and educators in promoting the development and widespread adoption of death education.MethodsTo do so, a national cross-sectional quota sample of 12,435 Chinese parents was used. Borrowing from social-ecological theory, the researchers carried out multiple stepwise regression analyses to examine the individual, family, and social-level factors that shape the supportive attitudes of Chinese parents toward death education.ResultsThe findings revealed that at the individual level, parent (β = 0.04, p < 0.001), education level (β = 0.07, p < 0.001), and religious belief (β = −0.02, p < 0.05) were significant predictors of Chinese parents’ support for death education. Meanwhile, at the family and social level, average monthly household income (β = 0.07, p < 0.001), family health (β = 0.03, p < 0.05), family communication (β = 0.02, p < 0.05), social support (β = 0.15, p < 0.001), neighborhood relations (β = 0.11, p < 0.001), and social network size (β = 0.05, p < 0.001) were significant predictors of Chinese parents’ supportive attitudes toward death education.ConclusionBased on these findings, it is suggested that the relevant development, planning, publicity, and public welfare groups and government departments should promote death education, provide more social support, and encourage neighborhood harmony. As higher education and average monthly household income were found to significantly impact the support, the government should improve access to higher education and actively work to increase residents’ income to facilitate the development of death education.

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“…At present, more than 20 colleges and universities, including Peking University and Guangzhou University, have offered courses related to death education. The relevant courses guide students to face death and revere life flexibly and diversely [9].…”

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An Analysis of Cultural Differences in Death Education between China and the West

2023

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Death is a common topic, in early 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic revealed the frailty and impermanence of life. Death education refers to courses and activities that explore death--the experiences, meanings, and attitudes toward it. The differences between Chinese and Western death education are mainly embodied in the arrangements of death education curriculum and the acceptance of the subject of death. This article analyzed the valuable enlightenment of Chinese and Western thanatopsis on medical development and social reality on the premise of keeping the balance of universality and diversity of death ethics. It is hoped that through the discussion of the topic, we can live more meaningfully and apply what we have learned to our daily life.

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Psychological support and demand for death education among Chinese college students during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of neutral death attitude

Cited by 5 publications

References 88 publications

Facing Death: Should Death Education Be Taught to Chinese Youth as a Controversial Issue?

Facing Death: Should Death Education Be Taught to Chinese Youth as a Controversial Issue?

Research on factors influencing Chinese parents’ support for death education: a cross-sectional survey

An Analysis of Cultural Differences in Death Education between China and the West

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