Life Attitude of Master Students

Abstract

Many choices and decisions in a person’s life are related to their life attitude. At a young age when many significant life decisions are made, one’s life attitude is a crucial indicator. Therefore, it is desirable to study modern youth’s life attitudes using reliable means. This study examines the differences in life attitudes by area, gender, and field of study among a total of 249 master’s students, comprising 104 urban and 145 rural participants. The LAP-R scale, developed by T. Reker, assessed these attitudes. A 2 x 4 factorial design, focusing on area and field of study, comprehensively explores life attitudes, including the composite scales of the Personal Meaning Index and Existential Transcendence, as well as, t-test was used to examine six dimensions: Purpose, Coherence, Choice/Responsibility, Death Acceptance, Existential Vacuum, and Goal Seeking. Master’s students’ life attitude in general can be considered to reflect positively on their purpose, choice, responsibilities, death, and existences. In terms of area and gender, there were only slight differences without significance. Composite scales of the Personal Meaning Index and Existential Transcendence in Life Attitude have differences in the field of study.