Locus of Control and Level of Conflict as Correlates of Immortality Orientation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629134
AutoresWilliam T O'Dowd (North Memorial Medical Center, autor de correspondencia), William O'Dowd (North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Año1985
Volumen15
Número1
Páginas25-35
Fecha de publicación1985-08-01
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/e8xx-a7j4-y4cu-gqbf
OpenAlexW2088085356
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

Rank and other theorists have suggested that achieving a sense of personal immortality is an important psychological motive. An Immortality Interview was designed to assess individuals' orientation toward immortality. It was administered to twenty-four male university professors from different age groups. Also administered were the Templer Death Anxiety Scale, the Rotter I-E Scale, and the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank. Respondents from all age groups report a low level of conscious concern with immortality issues. However, participants who have accepted some form of immortality show lower conflict on the Incomplete Sentences Blank and a more internal locus of control. There were no significant differences in death anxiety between acceptors and nonacceptors. Overall the findings suggest that orientation toward immortality may be an important personality dimension, correlating with several aspects of personal adjustment despite the absence of more overt indices of concern (e.g., conscious death anxiety)

Anxiety · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Immortality · Locus of control · Personality · Psychiatry · Terror management theory · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Genetics · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology