Longitudinal Study of Attitudes toward Death among Middle-Aged and Elderly Japanese

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  • Tange Chikako
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Nishita Yukiko
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Tomida Makiko
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • Otsuka Rei
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Ando Fujiko
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Aichi Shukutoku University
  • Shimokata Hiroshi
    National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences

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  • 成人中・後期における「死に対する態度」の縦断的検討
  • セイジン チュウ ・ コウキ ニ オケル 「 シ ニ タイスル タイド 」 ノ ジュウダンテキ ケントウ

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Abstract

<p>This longitudinal study examined age-related changes in attitudes toward death among middle-aged and elderly Japanese subjects. Data were derived from the National Institute for Longevity Sciences - Longitudinal Study of Aging (NILS-LSA). Participants (N＝3789; age＝40–91 years) comprised the first, third, fifth, and seventh waves of NILS-LSA, and the attitude toward death scale for the middle-aged and elderly (ATDS-A: five subscales) was completed up to four times at approximately 4-year intervals. General linear mixed-model analyses revealed the following: “Fear of death” decreased for age groups from middle age to young-old, but stabilized during old-old age. “The belief in existence of an afterlife” score decreased with age. Older subjects showed a high score for “Intention to live out own life” and “Meaning of death for life,” but these scores did not exhibit longitudinal changes. “Approval of death with dignity” was higher in older subjects, but longitudinal change was seen only in early-middle age. These results suggest that each aspect of attitudes toward death has a different longitudinal trajectory.</p>

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