Comparison of Concept about Good Death and View of Life and Death among Japanese, Korean, and American at COVID-19

Table 3.

Scores of Death Attitude Inventory of Japanese, Korean, and American

Factors

Japanes

(n=92)

Korean

(n=110)

American

(n=100)

p value

sub effect test

1. Afterlife view

3.45

3.93

4.49

p< .000

A > J = K

2. Death Anxiety/ Fear

3.33

4.23

4.29

p<.000

A = K > J

3. Death as Release

2.79

3.73

4.55

p<.000

A > K > J

4. Death Avoidance

2.37

3.49

4.18

p<.000

A > K > J

5. Sense of Purpose of life

3.78

4.38

4.64

p<.000

A = K > J

6. Interest in death

3.26

3.57

4.12

p<.000

A > J = K

7. View of a predestined lifespan

2.85

3.68

4.35

p<.000

A > K > J

J: Japanese, K: Korean, A: American

J: Japanese, K: Korean, A: American