Theory, Research, and Application
Some Critical Issues for Thanatology
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 13630460 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Robert Kastenbaum (Arizona State University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1988 |
| Volumen | 18 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 397-410 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1988-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/3y8a-acf4-1xt9-nldd |
| OpenAlex | W2042430752 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 12 |
| Referencias citadas | 12 |
The current status of thanatological research is illustrated by an examination of a) the most popular line of empirical investigation, and b) the most sweeping theoretical approach yet proposed. Surprisingly, perhaps, there has been little connection between the productive, assembly line type studies of “death anxiety,” and Freud's theory of the “death instinct”–nor have either of these topics had much impact upon terminal care and other practical matters. An exclusive interview with an anonymous death anxiety scale reveals many of the limitations found in this line of research. Wherever else the answer might be found, “Death, where is thy sting?” is a question not likely to be discovered via a fifteen-item fixed-choice instrument. If “death anxiety” research often takes the form of raw and simplistic empiricism, then death instinct theory suffers primarily from mirror-image problems–a conceptualization that strikes many as too philosophical, and which has yet to be linked to clear operational measures. Despite its serious difficulties, the death instinct theory may deserve more attention than it has received from the present generation of thanatologists. Furthermore, death anxiety findings, if used with care, do have some implications for practice. Researchers and practitioners in death-related topics seem to have taken divergent pathways, and give little attention to each other's realm of experience. Better concepts, methods, and applications may require a wider angle of vision among thanatologists
Anxiety · Conceptualization · Death anxiety · Epistemology · Instinct · Political science · Psychiatry · Realm · Social science · Sociology · Thanatology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Philosophy · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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From denial toward integration of death in Western culture
Deathbed scenes as imagined by the young and experienced by the old
The Construction of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (Moddi-F)
A call for epidemiology and thanatology to address the dying, death, and grief pipeline among Blacks in the United States
Consensus, Dissension, and Admiration
Death Anxiety and Threat Appeals
The Contribution of Death-Related Experiences to Health Care Providers' Attitudes toward Dying Patients
Special Article
Factors Related to Attitudes Toward Death among American and Chinese Older Adults
The Effects of Death Education on Death Anxiety
Assessing Attitudes Toward Dying and Death
| Obras citantes distintas | 12 |
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| Citas por año | 0,33 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 12 |