Purpose
This study was done to analyze nursing students’ attitudes to life-sustaining treatment by measuring their awareness of biomedical ethics and resulting attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.
Methods
This study was a descriptive research to assess the level of nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics, attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and correlations between these variables. After the nursing students signed a consent form they were assessed. Data collection was done from September 1 to October 25, 2016, and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 WIM Program.
Results
There was a negative correlation and significant difference between nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics and attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. There was a significant correlation among attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and medical ethics, mortality ethics.
Conclusion
The findings in the study indicate that it is necessary to provide nursing students with easy access to continuous education to help them establish an acceptable view of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.

Citations

• Subjective Attitudes towards Terminal Patients of Nursing Students with Clinical Practice Experience: Application of Q Methodology
  Eun Ju Lee, Kyung-Hye Hwang, Ok-Hee Cho
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2019; 22(4): 156.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Attitude Toward Advance Directive in Nursing Students
  Hee Jung Kim
  Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Educ.2019; 25(2): 227.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of the meaning in life for elementary school students.
Methods
The conceptual framework was based on the five main concepts (meaning in life, creativity, experiences, attitudes, choice and responsibility) of logotherapy. Data from 1,600 higher grade elementary school students were analyzed for content of meaning in life.
Results
The experiences of meaning in life were identified as follows: Important things in my life (people close to me, things that brings me happiness, to live in earnest, surrounding environment), Activities I like to do (relaxing, achievements, family relationships), Experiences that made me feel like I am loved (taken care of by family, material recompense, being respected), Times when I feel grateful (receive love and care, health), Importance of choices (consequences of bad choices, result of good life choices).
Conclusion
These results suggest that elementary school students can understand meaningcentered health education and this kind of education is necessary to promote their wholistic health.

Citations

• Assessing quality of life among elementary school students: Validation of the Korean version of the Meaning in Life in Children Questionnaire
  Younyoung Choi, Joo Yeon Shin
  Frontiers in Psychology.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The development and effects of the logotherapy-based ego-identity improvement program with the application of group art activities in late school-aged children
  Young-Sook Lim
  International Journal of ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIE.2022; 9(12): 89.     CrossRef
• Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents
  Young Sook Lim, Kyung A Kang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(3): 263.     CrossRef
• Concept Analysis of Stress in Siblings of Patients with Childhood Cancer
  Juyoun Yu, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(2): 190.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to provide basic data for education of elementary school students on life-respect and peer bullying prevention.
METHODS
Participants were 5th and 6th grade elementary school students. Data from the questionnaires of 218 participants were analyzed.
RESULTS
1) The mean score for degree of life-respect was 4.23 (+/-0.38). The types of peer bullying were 'defenders of victims' (3.19+/-0.93), 'bullies' (2.04+/-0.72), 'victims' (1.91+/-0.84), 'bystanders' (1.79+/-0.80), and 'bully-followers' (1.66+/-0.60). 2) There was a significant difference in the degree of life-respect according to gender (t=-2.410, p=.017). Likewise, in the degree of peer bullying, among the type of 'bullies' there were significant differences according to grade (t=-2.285, p=.004), and gender (t=3.191, p=.002). Also, among the types of 'bully-followers' there were significant differences according to gender (t=2.053, p=.041), and having a religion or not (t=3.319, p=.001). 3) There was a significant correlation between life-respect and types of peer bullying.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study provide helps for more effective provision of educational programs regarding life-respect and peer bullying.

Citations

• Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents
  Young Sook Lim, Kyung A Kang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(3): 263.     CrossRef
• A Systematic Review of Forest Therapy Programs for Elementary School Students
  Min Kyung Song, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 300.     CrossRef
• Relationship between Elementary School Students’ Bullying Experience and Bioethics
  Mi Young Moon
  Journal of the Korean Society of School Health.2015; 28(2): 127.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze life respect-related content in the 7th to 10th grade textbooks of middle and high schools.
METHODS
Sixty two textbooks adopted as middle and high school textbooks were analyzed for content on life respect.
RESULTS
There were 6 categories related to life respect content in the 7th to 9th grade textbooks ('prevention of accidents and the first-aid', 'mental health', 'sex and health', 'prevention of drug abuse, smoking and drinking', 'normal life and health', and 'society and health'). Content on life respect in the 10th grade textbooks was categorized as 'drug abuse, smoking, drinking, and health', 'sex and health', 'mental health', 'life science and treating human life too lightly', 'normal life and health', and 'society and health'.
CONCLUSION
Content on life respect attached importance to more practical issue such as prevention of violence and suicide rather than fundamental understanding about self and life. These results suggest that the content on life respect should help adolescents find their own values and meaning of life within the concept of coexistence.

Citations

• The Degree of Life-Respect and Peer Bullying in Elementary School Students.
  Shin Jeong Kim, Young Ae Park, Sung Hee Kim, Hye Young Kim, So Young Yoo, Seong Sook Baek, Jung Eun Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 28.     CrossRef