The Analysis of the Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Grief

Abstract

This research aims to examine the attitudes of secondary school students in Turkey towards grief in terms of gender, age, grade and whether they have experienced loss. This research was conducted with 310 9th, 10th and 11th grade students (198 girls, 112 boys) attending a secondary school in the city center of Samsun in 2010-11. The data was analyzed using t-test and one-way ANOVA. The difference is significant in terms of variables: gender, age, grade level, experience of loss of immediate family, and the duration of loss. It is suggested that individuals who have lost a member of immediate family are in the early stages of deprivation period need to be provided with grief counseling.