Survey of Claimed Encounters with the Dead

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13628283
AutoresErlendur Haraldsson (University of Iceland, autor correspondente)
Ano1989
Volume19
Fascículo2
Páginas103-113
Data de publicação1989-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/nuyd-ax5d-lp2c-nux5
OpenAlexW2038193573
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas8

In a national survey in Iceland, 31 percent of respondents reported “having perceived the presence of a deceased person.” A multinational Gallup survey conducted in sixteen western countries showed widespread claims of personal contacts with the dead, as well as, considerable national differences. Such experiences were reported most frequently by Icelanders and Italians whereas Norwegians and Danes, considered culturally closest to Icelanders, reported the lowest incidence (9%). In the Iceland survey, interviews were conducted with 127 persons on the nature of these experiences, their relationship with the deceased, the conditions under which these experiences occurred, and various characteristics of the interviewees, as well as, the deceased persons. Attempts were made to test some theories of what may elicit such experiences

Family medicine · Geography · Norwegian · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology