論文種別	原著(症例報告除く)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	その他(不明)
表題	Attitudes Toward Digital Immortality and Related Factors Among Older Adults: An Exploratory Study From a Developmental Perspective.
掲載誌名	正式名：Omega 略　 称：Omega (Westport) ISSNコード：15413764/00302228
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	21,pp.302228251336498
著者・共著者	Daisuke Kawashima, Tomomi Kempe, Yoshiki Koga, Sayaka Kubota, Yu Urata, Terumi Watanabe, Megumi Kondo-Arita, Tai Tsujimoto
発行年月	2025/04
概要	Recent advances in artificial intelligence-based resurrection technologies may impact our perspectives on life and death. However, empirical research on this subject is currently limited. Therefore, we investigated attitudes toward digital immortality and their association with psychosocial developmental features, such as ego-integrity and gerotranscendence, among Japanese older adults. A total of 296 older Japanese adults completed a questionnaire. Results revealed that only 8% of the participants wished to be virtually resurrected after death. We also confirmed the stable factor structure of attitudes toward digital immortality and its significant correlation with death attitudes. Finally, we found that the desire for digital immortality was not only negatively correlated with ego-integrity, awareness of arigatasa, and positive attitudes toward being alone but also positively associated with religious attitudes and basic affirmations. The desire for digital immortality was relatively low among older Japanese adults and was indeed related to psychosocial developmental features of ego-integrity and gerotranscendence.
DOI	10.1177/00302228251336498
PMID	40257234