This study aims to verify the effects of a crematory facility tour program for elementary school students on their fear of death, life-respect and self-esteem. The results of this study are summarized as follows:
First, as a result of a verification of the effect of the crematory facility tour program on fear of death, the fear of death was alleviated in the experimental group more than in the control group. It turned out that overall, it had effects on the alleviation of the levels of sub-factors, such as one's fear of death, anxiety about another person's dying process, anxiety about one's own dying process, fear of another person'sdeath, fear of death in general and consequences after death.
Second, as a result of a verification of the effect of the crematory facility tour program on their consciousness of life-respect, the consciousness of life-respect improved in the experimental group more than in the control group.
Third, as a result of a verification of the effect of the crematory facility tour program on their self-respect, it had a more positive effect on the improvement of self-esteem in the experimental group than in the control group.
In this study, it turned out that the crematory facility tour program for the elementary school students improved the fear of death, the consciousness of life-respect and self-esteem in the experimental group more significantly than in those in the control group. Since the program could help elementary school students re-interpret and re-evaluate death and life, which could help them increase their self-esteem, it was found that it would be necessary for them.