Razumevanje smrti in posmrtnega življenja pri mladih

Rihter, Nina (author), Šadl, Zdenka (mentor)

Vprašanje smrti, ki že skozi celotno zgodovino buri človeško domišljijo, je še vedno v večji meri nerazrešeno. Kljub naši goreči želji po večnosti, ostaja smrt neizogibno dejstvo človeškega življenja. Navkljub temu pa se pogovora o njej izogibamo. Naše razumevanje smrti se skozi odraščanje spreminja, predvsem z vidika pojmovanja smrti. Empirični del naloge vključuje dvanajst intervjujev z mladimi. Rezultati moje raziskave pokažejo, da je prvotno dojemanje smrti odvisno od mentalnih zmožnosti in spleta številnih drugih dejavnikov, med katerimi izstopa vpliv družine. Mladi razumejo smrt kot žalostno, morbidno, na določeni točki pa se njihove predstave razidejo. Nekateri razumejo smrt kot konec, drugi kot začetek, tretji pa med koncem in začetkom ne vidijo razlike in v njej prepoznajo začaran krog življenja in smrti. Kljub temu pa obstaja strah pred smrtjo in strah pred izničenjem – pred tem, da ne bi več obstajali. Poleg tega se strahovi v povezavi s smrtjo v veliki meri nanašajo na strah pred izgubo bližnjih oseb in strah pred morebitnim trpljenjem in bolečino pred smrtjo. Večina mladih veruje v posmrtno življenje in v koncept nesmrtnosti duše, le njihove predstave se med seboj nekoliko razlikujejo.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: mladi, smrt, posmrtno življenje, razumevanje, strah.
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2018
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-103142
• COBISS.SI-ID: 35938141
• Publication date in RUL: 14.09.2018

RIHTER, Nina, 2018, Razumevanje smrti in posmrtnega življenja pri mladih [online]. Bachelor’s thesis. [Accessed 23 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=103142

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The understanding of death and afterlife among young people

Abstract

The question of death that has been the subject of human imagination throughout history, is still mostly unresolved. Despite our burning desire for eternity, death remains an inevitable fact of human life. Despite this, discussions regarding death are avoided. Our understanding of death changes as we mature, particularly the perception of death. The empirical part of the diploma thesis includes twelve interviews with young people. The results of my research show that initially the perception of death depends on mental capabilities and combination of several other factors, familial influence being a notable one. Young people perceive death as sad and morbid, at certain point, their conceptions diverge. Some view death as the end, others as a new beginning. Others still do not see the difference between ending and beginning and view death as a vicious circle of life and death. Nevertheless, fear of death and annihilation is present – fear of ceasing to exist. Furthermore, fears regarding death are mostly related to fear of losing loved ones and fear of potential suffering and pain preceding death. Most of young people believe in afterlife and the concept of soul immortality, with certain differences between individual conceptions.

• Keywords: young people, death, afterlife, understanding, fear.