本研究之目的在了解高中職學生佛教認知態度與生命意義，進而了解佛教認知態度與高中職學生生命意義之相關因素。本研究採用問卷調查法及深度訪談法。問卷調查對象為挑選雲林縣10所高級中學，以叢集取樣的方式抽取學生共1120名進行量化研究。深度訪談對象施測對象中抽出8名高中職學生接受訪談。研究工具為「佛教認知態度問卷」、「生命意義態度問卷」及「半結構式訪談表」。生命意義態度問卷係採用何英奇(1990) 「生命態度剖面圖」所編制之量表。本研究之統計分析方法包含項目分析、因素分析、t 考驗、單因子變異數分析及積差相關等統計方法。根據本研究，我們歸納結論如下： 1.高中職學生佛教認知態度及生命意義感偏中上，高中職學生對於佛教終極目標分數偏低。 2.高中職學生憂鬱傾向及自殺傾向偏低。 3.自殺傾向與高中職學生生命意義有顯著差異。愈無自殺傾向之高中職學生，其生命意義愈高。自殺傾向愈低之高中職學生其生命目的愈高，同時生命挫折感也愈低。 4.從來沒有自殺傾向高中職學生其佛教認知態度與生命意義有較高的相關。 5.人際關係愈佳之高中職學生其生命意義感愈高。人際關係愈佳之高中職學生有愈高的生命目的。 6.憂鬱傾向與高中職學生生命意義及佛教認知態度有顯著差異。憂鬱傾向愈低者，其挫折感愈低；從來沒有憂鬱傾向者，其生命目的較高。且從來沒有憂鬱傾向之受測學生其佛教認知態度與生命意義之相關較其它為高。 7.整體佛教認知態度與生命意義相關中發現終極關懷及終極承諾與生命意義有較高的相關性。 8.多次受同儕影響之高中職學生其生命目的較低。 9.從未受同儕影響之高中職學生，其佛教認知態度與生命意義感之相關性較高。 10.父母親的學歷為大專以上之高中職學生其佛教認知態度與生命意義感之相關性較低。 11.父母親為佛教信仰之高中職學生其佛教認知態度與生命意義之相關性較高。 12.佛教信仰之高中職學生其佛教認知態度與生命意義感之相關較高。 13.深度訪談中發現，高中職學生對終極目標感受不易，對於慈悲利他之行為多表肯定。對於佛教認知態度方面，普遍認同輪迴因果觀念，高中職學生認同原則以偏向現世懲罰及利益導向的認知為主。 The purpose of this study is to discuss the actual condition of Senior high school students' idea about meaning of life and the cognitive attitude of Buddhism and to further analyze the relationships between the two variables. Questionnaire survey and depth interview have been adopted in this study. The subjects of questionnaire survey are the 1120 students from 8 senior high schools in Yunlin County. There are 8 students from questionnaire survey participating in the depth interview. The research uses tools that include ＂questionnaire on the cognitive attitude of Buddhism＂, ＂life attitude profile＂, and ＂semi-structured.＂ The questionnaire of life attitude profile is from Dr. Y. C. Ho's (1990) ＂Sectional drawing of attitude of life.＂ In this research, the statistic analysis methods contain Descriptive statistics, item analysis, factor analysis, T-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation. According to this research, some conclusions are summarized as follows: 1.Senior high school students have the above-the-average cognitive attitude of Buddhism and meaning of life. Senior high school students have lower ultimate goal of Buddhism. 2.Senior high school students have lower depression orientation and suicidal tendency. 3.Differences of suicidal tendency among Senior high school students with meaning of life are significant. Senior high school students with lower suicidal tendency have higher meaning of life. Senior high school students with lower suicidal tendency have higher life goal and lower life frustration. 4.Senior high school students with no suicidal tendency have higher relationship between cognitive of Buddhism and meaning of life. 5.Senior high school students with better interpersonal relationship had the higher meaning of life. Senior high school students with better interpersonal relationship have the higher aim of life. 6.Differences of depression orientation among senior high school students with meaning of life and cognitive of Buddhism are significant. Senior high school students with lower depression orientation had the lower existential frustration. Senior high school students with no depression orientation have the better aim of life than others. Senior high school students with no depression orientation have better relationship between meaning of life and cognitive of Buddhism than others. 7.It has higher relationship between ultimate concern, ultimate commitment, and meaning of life. 8.Senior high school students with acceptant influence of peers have the lower aim of life. 9.Senior high school students with no influence of peers have better relationship between meaning of life and cognitive of Buddhism than others. 10.Senior high school students whose parents' educational backgrounds are above the junior college have lower relationship between meaning of life and cognitive of Buddhism than others. 11.Senior high school students whose parents' religion is Buddhism have higher relationship between meaning of life and cognitive attitude of Buddhism than others. 12.Senior high school students of Buddhism have higher relationship between meaning of life and cognitive attitude of Buddhism than others. 13.Senior high school students have lower ultimate goal and they identify with civic-minded and charitable altruism. As for Buddhist cognition senior high school students generally identify with karma about the benefit and punitive cognition in depth interview.
