Strah pred smrtjo v povezavi z verovanjem v posmrtno življenje in dojemanjem smisla življenja : magistrsko delo

Pipan, Darja (avtor), Simonič, Barbara (mentor)

Magistrsko delo prispeva k teoretičnemu razumevanju človekovega strahu pred smrtjo in minljivostjo, verovanja v posmrtno življenje, dojemanja smisla življenja ter povezanost med vsemi tremi dimenzijami. Vse tri dimenzije se zelo dotikajo intime vsakega posameznika in so v vsakem prisotne, zavestno ali nezavedno. S kvalitativno raziskavo, v kateri je sodelovalo 244 odraslih udeležencev, ki so izpolnili samoocenjevalni vprašalnik, sestavljen iz treh preverjenih merskih instrumentov, smo prikazali, kakšna je povezava med strahom pred smrtjo in verovanjem v posmrtno življenje in kakšna je povezava med strahom pred smrtjo in dojemanjem smisla življenja ter raziskali nekatere razlike v omenjenih dimenzijah glede na različne vidike. Povezanosti med strahom pred smrtjo in verovanjem v nadaljevanje življenja v drugi obliki tudi po smrti, v naši raziskavi nismo odkrili. Obstaja majhna povezanost med doživljanjem smisla življenja in strahom pred smrtjo. Ljudje, ki se bolj zavedajo svojega smisla življenja, se lažje soočajo s svojo minljivostjo in je njihov strah pred smrtjo manjši kot pri tistih, ki smisla življenja ne vidijo ali ga še iščejo. Ugotovili smo, da je strah pred smrtjo nekoliko bolj zavestno prisoten in prepoznan pri ženskah kot pri moških. S starostjo se strah pred smrtjo zmanjšuje, čeprav se glede na biološki, naraven potek z leti približujemo zaključku življenja, smrti. Kako se soočiti s svojim neizbežnim koncem življenja, je povezano z dojemanjem namena in pomena svoje eksistence na tej zemlji. V raziskavi nismo ugotovili razlik pri strahu pred smrtjo med zdravimi in tistimi s kakšno težjo ali kronično boleznijo. Skupina vernih se v doživljanju strahu pred smrtjo ni razlikovala od skupine nevernih, kar pomeni, da verovanje in duhovni vidik pri ljudeh ne daje zadostne tolažbe pri človekovem soočanju s svojim nepreklicnim koncem življenja, kot ga poznamo. Zavedanje in doživljanje sebe je ključno pri tem, kako se soočamo s strahom pred nečim, česar ne poznamo, kar doživljamo le ob smrti drugega, ob izgubi, ko so s tem povezana velika žalost, žalovanje in obup. V teh situacijah se zavemo, da bo smrt doletela tudi nas in vsak posameznik doživlja to na svoj najbolj intimen način, nekateri se s tem soočijo in to sprejmejo, drugi potlačijo, tretji uporabijo številne obrambne mehanizme, ki jih odpeljejo daleč stran od razmišljanja o svoji smrti.

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: smrt, strah pred smrtjo, posmrtno življenje, eksistencializem, smisel življenja
• Vrsta gradiva: Magistrsko delo/naloga
• Tipologija: 2.09 - Magistrsko delo
• Organizacija: TEOF - Teološka fakulteta
• Kraj izida: Ljubljana
• Založnik: [D. Pipan]
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: VI, 83, V str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166723
• UDK: 364.624.6:612.67(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 224526083
• Datum objave v RUL: 23.01.2025

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Naslov: Fear of death in relation with the belief in life after death and the perception of the meaning of life

Izvleček

The thesis contributes to the theoretical understanding of the human fear of death and impermanence, the belief in life after death, the perception of the meaning of life and the connection between all three dimensions. All three dimensions touch on the intimacy of each individual and are present in everyone, consciously or unconsciously. In a qualitative study of 244 adult participants who completed a self-assessment questionnaire consisting of three validated measurement instruments, the relationship between fear of death and belief in life after death, and between fear of death and perception of the meaning of life, was demonstrated and some of the differences in these dimensions according to the different perspectives were explored. We found no correlation between the fear of death and the belief in the continuation of life in another form after death. There is a small correlation between the experience of the meaning of life itself and the fear of death. People who are more aware of their own meaning in life are better able to cope with their transience and are less afraid of death than those who do not see meaning in life or are still searching for one. We have found that the fear of death is slightly more consciously present and recognised in women than in men. Fear of death decreases with age, despite the fact that, according to the biological, natural course of things, we approach the end of life, death, as the years go by. How one faces the inevitable end of life is related to one's perception of the purpose and meaning of one's existence on this earth. In our study, we found no differences in the fear of death between healthy people and those with a serious or chronic illness. The religious group did not differ from the non-religious group in their experience of the fear of death, implying that people's beliefs and spiritual perspectives do not provide sufficient comfort in the face of the irrevocable end of life as we know it. Self-awareness and the experience of self are the key to overcoming the fear of what we do not know, which we only experience at the death of another, at a loss, when that loss is associated with great sadness, grief and despair. In these situations, we realise that death will befall us. Each individual experiences it in their own intimate way, some face it and accept it, others repress it and still others use a range of defence mechanisms that go a long way to preventing them from thinking about their own death.

• Ključne besede: death, fear of death, life after death, existentialism, meaning of life