大學護生人格特質與死亡因應能力關係之研究

A Study on the Relationship between the Personality Traits and the Death Coping Abilities of Undergraduate Nursing Students

本研究主要目的在於了解大學護生人格特質與死亡因應能力的概況，並探討不同背景變項之大學護生，其死亡因應能力的差異情況，進一步探討大學護生的人格特質與死亡因應能力之間的關係。本研究以556位大學院校護理系學生為研究對象，並以Saucier（1994）的五大人格特質－迷你記分版量表、Bugen（1980－81）的死亡因應量表為研究工具。本研究結果發現，大學護生的人格特質在友善性向度較高、在神經質向度較低；在死亡因應能力方面，則以增進生命意義的平均得分較高；接受過死亡相關教育之大學護生有較高的死亡因應能力；大學護生的人格特質與死亡因應能力間具有顯著之相關。研究者並根據研究結果提出加強大學護生死亡因應能力的相關建議。

This study aims to understand the different personality traits and death coping abilities of undergraduate nursing students and to explore the differences in death coping abilities of the undergraduate nursing students from different backgrounds. A total of 556 undergraduate nursing students completed the survey. Both the Big Five Personality Traits of Saucier (1994)-Mini-Markers Scale and the Coping with Death Scale of Bugen (1980-81) were used. The result found that there were higher levels of agreeableness and lower levels of neuroticism in the personality traits of undergraduate nursing students. In regards to coping with death, nursing students scored high on the intention of improving the meaning of life, while the undergraduate nursing students who took a class on death tend to have higher death coping abilities than students who did not take such a class. There is a significant correlation between the personality traits and the death coping abilities of undergraduate nursing students. We proposed recommendations about improving death coping abilities of undergraduate nursing students that were based on the results of this study.