Yıldız, Murat Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü, Turkey

The Relationship of Hopelessness, Death Depression and Death Anxiety in Sentences and Prisoners

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The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship among hopelessness, death depression and death anxiety among male sentences and prisoners. In the study, descriptive method was employed. The sample group of the study is 116 male sentences and prisoners. The average age of the participants was 31.24 and the age range 17-52. Beck Hopelessnes Scale, Templer Death Depression Scale and Templer Death Anxiety Scale were applied to the sample group. The findings are indicate that average of hopelessness is 7.08 (sd.4.47), average of death depression is 8.72 (sd.3.68) and average of death anxiety is 6.89 (sd.2.78). Results have shown that there are positive and significant relationship among hopelessness, death depression (r= .27, p .01), death anxiety (r=.20, p 05) and suicide attempt (r=.41, p .001) in sentences and prisoners. Additionally, the results suggested that there were no significant differences among the hopelessness levels of the sentences and prisoners in terms of age, ma-rital status and education level. The results is discussed within the framework of the literature.

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Hopelessness , death depression , death anxiety , sentence , prisoner , suicide attempt.

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