An Examination Of Age And Years Of Study As A Factor Influencing Attitude Of Nigerian Students Towards Death Anxiety

Okoli, Paul Chibuike and Okpara, Titus Chukwubuzo and Ofojebe, Chukwuma Philip and Ezeme, Mark and Onyebueke, Godwin and Agu, Grace Uchechukwu and Ozougwu, Augustine Obumneme and Chime, Peter Ekpunobi and Anike, R. Ugwu and Ekwo, Jude Chukwudi and Eze, Uchenna Gerald and Ezeh, Leonard Nnaemeka and Chinawa, Francis Chukwuemeka and SANUSI, JUBRIL ABIODUN and EZAKA, EMMANUEL SOCHUKWUMA (2023) An Examination Of Age And Years Of Study As A Factor Influencing Attitude Of Nigerian Students Towards Death Anxiety. Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences, 10 (2). pp. 674-681.

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Abstract

This study investigated age and years of study as a factors influencing attitude of Nigeria students towards death anxiety. A total of 160 participants comprising 100 young students (56 fresh and 44 stale), and 60 adult students (34 fresh and 26 stale) were recruited from the population of undergraduate student of Faculty of Social Sciences Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka-Nigeria. They are between the ages of 17-32 years, with a mean age of 20.8, and standard deviation of 2.3 years. They were drawn from different faculties of social sciences, The Death anxiety Scale (DAS) developed by Templar (1970) and validated in Nigeria by Adebakin (1990), Erinoso (1996) and Uzosike (1998). It is 15-item inventory designed to measure the concerns, fears, apprehensions and forebodings people often have about dying. It was a survey design and two-way ANOVA was employed for data analysis. Two research hypotheses were postulated: that age will significantly influence the attitude of Nigeria students towards death anxiety and that years of study will significantly influence the attitude of Nigeria students towards death anxiety. The findings indicated that years of study and age as a factors yielded no statistically significant effect on the attitude of Nigeria students towards death anxiety. The implication of this study show that age and years of study as factor yielded no significant effect on attitude of Nigeria students towards death anxiety is that young students and fresh students will express the same pattern of death anxiety like stale students will express the same pattern of death anxiety like adult students. It implies that both young and older, fresh students and stale students requires psycho-education on death and anxiety management training in order to cope with death and its attendant anxiety to enhance their well being and academic performance. It is evident that, death anxiety is a common social problem witnessed in similar way among university students. This requires attention of university authorities and mental health professionals to enhance and promote the well-being of the student and their academic performance.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2025 07:58
Last Modified: 19 Aug 2025 07:58
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5078

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