Denial of Death in Close Encounters

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629022
AutoresDeborah A Taylor (Colby–Sawyer College), Deborah Taylor (0009-0006-8168-1785, Colby–Sawyer College, autor de correspondencia)
Año1980
Volumen10
Número3
Páginas277-279
Fecha de publicación1980-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/eb8b-fjfe-ubmq-ndma
OpenAlexW2130871156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas5

Research in the area of death-attitudes has resulted in three widely accepted propositions: (1) that death creates fear, but (2) that respondents often profess little fear of death and, therefore, (3) are denying their fear of death. This last proposition serves as an explanation for the contradiction between the first two but has received little empirical support. In situations of immediate death threats, people often react with fear and with actions to avoid danger. In more remote (attitude-tapping) situations, researchers are unjustified in assuming that fear must be evoked. This differentiation between immediate and remote reactions to death makes the concept of defense unnecessary as a universal explanation for death attitudes

Contradiction · Denial · Epistemology · Fear of death · Proposition · Psychotherapist · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology