Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Via Venezia 14, 35131 Padua, Italy.
Alma.Thi Association, 36016 Thiene, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 1;17(7):2398. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072398.
This study investigates the psychological effects of participation in Death Education (DeEd) by middle school children in two towns in northeast Italy in which suicides occur to a greater extent than in the rest of the region. The aims of the project "Beyond the Wall" were inherent to the prevention of suicide, address existential issues and enhance the meaning of life through positive intentions for the future and reflection on mortality. It involved eight classes (150 students in four classes in the experimental group; 81 in four classes in the control group) engaging with films, workgroup activities, photovoice and psychodrama. The constructs of resilience, emotional competency and psychological well-being were monitored with the Resilience Scale for Adolescents, the Hopelessness Scale for Children, the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children and the Stirling Children's Well-being Scale. The DeEd intervention was found to be significantly related to some of the variables investigated, improving the students' ability to recognise emotions and communicate them verbally while maintaining stable initial characteristics, such as psychological well-being and positive expectations for the future.
本研究调查了意大利东北部两个城镇中学生参与死亡教育（DeEd）的心理影响，这两个城镇的自杀率高于该地区其他城镇。项目“超越围墙”的目的是预防自杀，解决存在主义问题，通过对未来的积极意图和对死亡的思考，增强生命的意义。它涉及八个班级（实验组四个班 150 名学生；对照组四个班 81 名学生），参与电影、工作组活动、摄影和心理剧。使用青少年韧性量表、儿童绝望量表、儿童述情障碍问卷和斯特林儿童幸福感量表监测韧性、情绪能力和心理健康等结构。发现死亡教育干预与所调查的一些变量显著相关，提高了学生识别情绪和用言语表达情绪的能力，同时保持了初始特征的稳定性，如心理健康和对未来的积极期望。
