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Objective To study on the impact of medical environment on the life meaning of med-ical students. Methods A stratified sampling method was used to investigate 220 medical students in September 2013. The content of the survey includes the evaluation of the doctor-patient relationship, the evaluation of the medical ethics of medical personnel, and the influencing factors of the life meaning of medical students. SPSS 19.0 was used to make the chi-square test and multiple linear regression analysis of the data. Results For the evaluation of the current social present situation and doctor-patient relationship, there is statistical difference (P<0.05) between the students of different sex, the student cadres and the non-student cadres. For the medical ethics present situation evaluation, there is statistically significant difference of evaluation (P<0.05) between student cadres and non-student cadres and students with different professional interests. Average score of life meaning is 85.8 points, and whether students like the profession, the current view of the doctor-patient relationship, and the current study and work conditions are the main impact factors affecting the medical students' sense of meaning of life in. Conclusions To enhance medical students' sense of life, we need to attach importance to clinical practice, strengthen professional ideological education, guide students to learn actively, and make objective and rational evaluation of medical status.
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Objective To explore the relationship among life meaning,spiritual health and life practice of college students.Methods Sense of Life Meaning Scale,Spiritual Health Scale and Life Practice Scale were applied to 708 college students.Results Life meaning was positively correlated with spiritual health and life practice,and spiritual health was positively correlated with life practice (r =0.51-0.79,P＜0.01).Spiritual health played fully mediating role between life meaning and life practice (x2=287.27,df=24,GFl=0.91,RMSEA=0.12),and accounted for 87％ of the mediating role.Conclusion Spiritual health serves as a mediator in the effect of life meaning on spiritual health in college students.
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Objective To analyze the relevance between the nursing students′ sense of life meaning and death attitudes. Methods 181 nursing students were surveyed with the Purpose In Life Test (PIL) and Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R), and then did the relevant statistical analysis. Results The nursing undergraduates′overall average of PIL was (91.45 ± 10.54) points, and the neutral acceptance death attitude got the highest scores which were 24.14 ± 5.78, while escape acceptance got the lowest scores which were 11.76 ± 3.61. And there was a significant negative correlation (r =-0.257, P <0.05) between the sense of life meaning and death attitudes. Conclusions There was a significant negative correlation between the sense of life meaning and death attitudes, the more sense of life meaning was, the more positive attitudes toward death would be. So it′s of great importance to provide life-and-death education to improve the nursing students′sense of life meaning and death attitudes.
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Objective To understand the current status of students' self-efficacy and sense of life meaning in medical college students, and explore the relationship between them, then give advice to improve the students' general self-efficacy and the sense of life meaning.Methods A random sampling method was used to select 386 undergraduates in a medical college from freshman to senior.The purpose in life test (PIL) revised by He Jiying (1994) and general self efficacy scale (GSES) revised by Wang Caikang (2001) were used in this research.Data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 software, and the data were analyzed by t test, x2 test, Spearman correlation analysis.Inspection level of alpha=0.01 (double side).Results The score of GSES was (2.62 ± 0.40), and the score of PIL was (74.06 ± 11.09);t test showed that the PIL score of students with higher GSES score was higher than the PIL score of students with lower GSES score (t=5.054, P=0.000);The correlation analysis showed that GSES score was positively correlated with PIL score (r=0.283, P=0.000).Conclusion The general self-efficacy and sense of life meaning of medical college students are in the medium level, and the positive correlation exists between the two.A series of measures should be adopted to strengthen the students' general efficacy, so as to improve their sense of life.
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Objective To explore the moderating or mediating effects of life-meaning between optimism and suicide risk in undergraduates.Methods A total of 1310 college students from one Chinese university completed a survey that included Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R),the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and the Chinese meaning in life questionnaire (C-MLQ).Results The total scores of SBQ-R,LOT-R and C-MLQ of undergraduate were (5.04 ± 2.28),(11.22 ± 2.07) and (37.22 ± 5.22),respectively.Optimism had significant negative correlation with suicide risk (r =-0.22,P ＜ 0.01),and positive correlation with life-meaning (r=0.28,P＜0.01).Life-meaning had significant negative correlation with suicide risk (r=-0.18,P＜0.01).The life-meaning's moderating effects between optimism and suicide risk were not significant(P ＞ 0.05),while the relationship between optimism and suicide risk was mediated by life-meaning,and the mediating effect was 0.07,which accounted for 17％ of the total effects.Conclusion Life-meaning doesnt morderating effect,but partially mediates the relationship between optimism and suicide risk.
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Objective To understand the status of the life mcaning among medical students.Methods Totally 300 students in our school were measured by the scale of purpose in life test (PIL)to analyze the status and influencing factors of life meaning.The questionnaire data were analyzed by using two independent samples t-test,One-way ANOVA and multiple linear regression.Results The average score of the life meaning survey of medical students was 84,the life goal and life value dimension scores were relatively high and the life attitude and life independent dimension scores were low.Meanwhile,the life mean in scores were higher in senior students than in junior students ( P =0.003 ),higher in undergraduate students than in college students (P =0.021 ),higher in students from urban cities than in students from rural areas ( P =0.004),higher in student leaders than in non student leaders (P =0.001 ),higher in students liking their majors than in students disliking their majors (P =0.003).Conclusions The formation of medical students' life meaning is influenced by a variety of factors.Educators need to seize the important period of students' growth and launch some targeted educational activities.Meanwhile,in order to enhance the medical students' life meaning,it is also necessary to consolidate the professional education,increase students' self-identity and guide them to correctlv view social problems.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between life meaning and life satisfaction among university students.MethodsTotally 473 university students were investigated with The Purpose In Life Test and Life Satisfaction Scale.Results ( 1 ) The scores of life satisfaction and positive affection in highcr levels of life meaning were significantly higher than those in the lower levels of life meaning( (4.53 ± 1.04)vs(3.38 ± 0.98 ),(2.89 ±0.88)vs(2.04 ± 1.07) ) among the university students(F=27.806,P＜0.01 ; F=13.635,P＜ 0.01 ),however the higher levels of life meaning were significantly lower than the lower levels of life meaning ( ( 1.09 ± 1.12 ) vs ( 2.45 ± 1.41 ) ) in negative affection (F =21.513,P ＜ 0.01 ).( 2 ) The students' life satisfaction was negatively correlated with escape( r=-0.336,P＜0.01 ).The others factors of life meaning were positively correlated with life satisfaction ( r =0.285 ～ 0.380,P ＜ 0.01 ).The negative affection was negatively correlated with life meaning( r =-0.121 ～ -0.335,P ＜ 0.05 ).(3)The escape had significantly negative prediction on life satisfaction and positive affection ( β =-0.133 ～ -0.179,P ＜ 0.05 ).The life of goals and the life of passion had significantly positive prediction on life satisfaction and positive affection ( β =0.170 ～ 0.206,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion Life meaning of the university students is closely related to life satisfaction,the higher levels of life meaning can upgrade individual life satisfaction.
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Objective To explore the relationship between Confucian coping and life meaning searching and assertion. Methods 378 undergraduates were assessed by the subscale " Meaning Searching and Assertion" in the life attitude profile scale (LAP) and the Confucian coping questionnaire. Results The role of adversity to individual growing,optimism in the adversity and the responsibility as human being were significantly related to life meaning searching and assertion,as well as each factor( r = 0. 412, r = 0. 630, r = 0. 374, P＜0. 01). The viewpoints to "fate" was significantly related to life purpose and life control( r= -0. 113, r= -0. 141, P＜0. 05). Regression analysis showed the role of adversity to individual growing,optimism in the adversity and the responsibility as human being are main predictor of life meaning searching and assertion. Conclusion Confucian coping can predict the individual level of life meaning searching and assertion.
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose was to explore sources of Koreans' life meaning and determine its structure that is reflective of Koreans' unique culture and values. METHODS: The study consisted of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. To this end, two sample data sets were collected. Study One was an exploratory study in which the qualitative component was conducted in order to gather all possible attributes of sources of life meaning among Koreans. All possible sources of life meaning were extracted through content analysis. Study Two was a quantitative study using a closed questionnaire and conducted in order to determine the structure of Koreans' life meaning by measuring Koreans' current level of life meaning. For the study, factor analysis was carried out. RESULTS: From Study One, 106 attributes of all possible sources of Koreans' life meaning were extracted. In Study Two, factor analysis with the responses from 638 subjects reduced 106 attributes to 53 attributes and ten factors were extracted as Koreans' sources of life meaning: Achievement, Security, Religion, Acceptance & Affirmation, Relationship, Self-Transcendence, Good Character, Self-Discipline, Physical Health and Intimate Friend. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICIATIONS: Among the ten factors extracted from this study, the factors of Security, Acceptance and Affirmation, Good Character, Self-Discipline, and Physical Health are Koreans' unique factors of Life Meaning, while Achievement, Religion, Relationship, Self-Transcendence and Intimate Friend are comparable to Wong's1) Personal Meaning Profile for Canadians. It implies that it is necessary to develop Koreans' own measurement tool in order to assess their life meaning properly. However, because this study was an exploratory in developing Koreans' life meaning mea-surement and had several limitations, in order to determine structure of Koreans' life meaning, further study must be necessary.
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Objective: To research the usability of the purpose-in-life test (PIL) for Chinese university students and evaluate the test’s reliability and validity. Methods: 1171 University students were measured by PIL, SCL-90 and Index of Well-being, and 140 University students were retested by PIL. Results: PIL had four factors (life feeling, life goal, life attitude and self-control) which were extracted by factor analysis. The split half reliability was 0.786, the Cronbach ?-co-efficient of PIL and the four factors were 0.878, 0.860, 0.809, 0.270, 0.406 respectively. The test-retest reliability were 0.837,0.849,0.630,0.314,0.728. The scores of Index of Well-being, the total scores of SCL-90 and the factor of depression were used as external criterion;the criterion correlation coefficient were 0.769,-0.504,-0.560 respectively. The correlations between the criterion and the four factors were significant (r=-0.240～0.787, P