Investigating the Effects of Group Meaning Therapy on the Death Anxiety of the Elderly

With the increase of the elderly population, it becomes more necessary to pay attention to the factors affecting their quality of life. Hence the present study. It has been done with the aim of investigating the effect of group meaning therapy on the death anxiety of the elderly. The method of expressing research. The elderly referred to the Jahandidgan center in Shiraz city were assigned. ۲۵ subjects in two experimental groups (۱۳ people) and control group (۱۲ people). Based on the score obtained from the death anxiety scale. After running the pre-test. The experimental group participated in ۱۰ sessions of ۶۰ minutes of meaning therapy. But the control group during the experiment. They did not receive any intervention. At the end, a post-test was taken from both groups. In this research, the test of equality of variance and t-test of independent groups were used. The findings indicated that. Meaning therapy on death anxiety. Fear of illness and pain. Thoughts about death. The fear of short and transitory life had an effect, but it did not affect the fear of death and the fear of the future.

Keywords:

Group Meaning Therapy , Death Anxiety , Age