Biancalani Gianmarco, Wagani Rekha, Ronconi Lucia, Cornacchini Matteo, Testoni Ines
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University Mumbai, Mumbai 410206, India.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Feb 17;13(2):183. doi: 10.3390/bs13020183.
Teaching death education and palliative psychology in universities has proven to be of great importance, especially in the health professions. The present study aims to evaluate the similarities and differences in interest and confidence in death education and palliative psychology between university psychology students from two culturally different countries: Italy and India. For this study, 63 Italian and 35 Indian psychology students were recruited to take part in a course on death education and palliative psychology. The results showed the positive impact of a death education and palliative psychology course on the training of professionals. In particular, this course was useful in helping students become familiar with and learn how to manage future professional situations related to death and dying. Specific differences between the two countries also emerged, particularly with regard to their approach to the end-of-life field, due to different cultural contexts. There is still much to be done by institutions to improve the dissemination and academic teaching of this area, which in turn can promote job opportunities for young people and encourage them to work in this field.
事实证明，在大学中开展死亡教育和姑息心理学教学非常重要，尤其是在卫生专业领域。本研究旨在评估来自两个文化背景不同的国家（意大利和印度）的大学心理学专业学生在死亡教育和姑息心理学方面的兴趣和信心的异同。在本研究中，招募了63名意大利心理学专业学生和35名印度心理学专业学生参加一门关于死亡教育和姑息心理学的课程。结果显示了死亡教育和姑息心理学课程对专业人员培训的积极影响。特别是，该课程有助于学生熟悉并学习如何应对与死亡和临终相关的未来职业情况。由于文化背景不同，两国之间也出现了具体差异，尤其是在对待临终领域的方式上。各机构在改善该领域的传播和学术教学方面仍有很多工作要做，这反过来又可以为年轻人创造就业机会，并鼓励他们在该领域工作。
