Okechukwu Dominic Nwankwo

Fear of Death Among University Students. A Study (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - General, , course: DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, language: English, abstract: The study aimed at investigating fear of death among university students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Campus, Nigeria. The study will help to understand the value Nigerian university youths attached to human live, even when some of their life patterns are life-endangering. Through paper shuffling randomization, the Faculties of Social sciences, Management Sciences and Law were sampled for the study; from where a total of 96 participants, with an average age of 26 years, were further systematically and evenly sampled. The hypotheses of the study were (1) “There will be a significant students’ Faculty related differences in terms of fear of death”; (2) “There will be a significant gender differences among university students in terms of fear of death”; and (3) “There will be a significance difference in fear of death for students’ marital status”. The study had a static-group survey design, of three-group, and two-group sub designs for hypotheses 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Again, One-Way ANOVA, and Independent t-tests were used for the three hypotheses’ analyses at p<.05 respectively. From the analyses, it was observed that university students have Faculty related differences in fear of death. Again, it was found that the students significantly differ in fear of death for gender and marital status.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 31
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783668315518
• Artikelnr.: 69701756