COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE YETİŞKİNLERDE YAŞAMIN ANLAMI VE ÖLÜM KAYGISI İLE İYİLİK HALİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ
PANDEMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEATH ANXIETY AND MEANING OF LIFE WİTH WELL-BEING OF ADULTS IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: Often individuals do not want to talk about death. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue became serious with the death of many individuals and the disease prevention measures of individuals. In this period, Individuals faced with rules to follow, getting information about the epidemic process every day, stay in quarantine or economic difficulties as well as social and psychological problems based on the deaths they witnessed. All of these experiences may have affected the well-being of individuals and increased anxiety of death. In this study, it was aimed to determine how death anxiety of adults and well-being are affected. The study group consisted of 884 adults. The Meaning of Life Scale, Thorson-Powel Death Anxiety Scale, and the Good Star Scale were used to collect the data. T-Test, one-way analysis of variance ANOVA and Pearson Correlation coefficient were used in the analysis of the data. As a result, it was determined that the meaning that adults attribute to life differs according to age and education status variables. It was determined that women have mild and men have moderate anxiety of death, and death anxiety varies according to age and education level. It has been determined that the well-being of adults varies according to gender, age and education level. It is concluded that as the meaning of life and death anxiety of adults increase, their well-being increases. The data obtained were discussed by comparing the results of previous studies with the findings of death anxiety and well-being of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic process.

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