A Consideration Regarding the Correlation between Awareness of Death and Experience of Loss, as well as between Awareness of Death and Self-esteem of Junior High School Students

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  • 中学生の死の意識と喪失体験及び自尊感情との関係性についての一考察
  • チュウガクセイ ノ シ ノ イシキ ト ソウシツ タイケン オヨビ ジソン カンジョウ ト ノ カンケイセイ ニ ツイテ ノ イチ コウサツ

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The aim of this study is to verify the correlation between awareness of death and the experience of loss resulting from a death in the family, as well as the correlation between awareness of death and self-esteem of junior high school students. The findings of our study, based on questionnaire responses and the consideration on three research questions, show that the proportion of students who are aware of death is about the same, irrespective of their developmental age, that is, more than 80％ of all junior high school students surveyed have thought about death-regardless of their grade. In addition, it seems that the experience of loss, such as losing a pet or family member, has triggered these students to think about death. We can say that the awareness of death and the experience of loss are somewhat correlated. However, it is not always true to say“ children who have considered death tend to have high self-esteem.” We need to carry out further research in order to discover whether there is a correlation between awareness of death and selfesteem. Based on the result of this study, we can say that the experience of loss is a factor associated with the awareness of death of junior high school students.

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