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The Relation between Death attitude and Happiness: The Mediating Effects of Materialism and Orientation to Meaning for Middle-aged adults

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2018, 31(1), pp.129-149
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2018.03.31.1.129
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : January 15, 2018
  • Accepted : March 5, 2018

LEEHWAJIN 1 CHONG,YOUNG-SOOK 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate the model concerning relations among death attitude(daeth avoicdance, death acceptance), happiness(subjective well-being), and the mediators of materialism and orientation to meaning. Data were collected from 489 middle-aged adults. Results of the study indicated that the hypothesized model fit the data well. Death avoidance and death acceptance did not directly affect happiness, but they were indirectly affected by materialism and orientation to meaning. This study suggests that the death acceptance can play an important role in lowering the value of materialism and increasing the orientation to pursue meaning, leading to the happiness of middle-aged adults.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.