Some Unexpected Attitudinal Consequences of a Short Course on Death

The attitudes toward death and dying of fourteen students who took a death course were compared with those of a group of students who requested the course but were not able to be accommodated. Those completing the course had higher fear of death scores and rated death more potent on a semantic differential. However, these students also indicated they would feel more comfortable talking with a dying person. Comments on the anonymous course evaluations also suggested that the course had a positive impact

Course (navigation · Fear of death · Psychiatry · Semantic differential · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Engineering · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

• The impact of death education

  Joseph A Durlak, Lee Ann Riesenberg•Death Studies•1991

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• Communication and the terminally ILL

  Mittie J A Nimocks, Lynne M Webb et al.•Death Studies•1987

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• Changing death anxiety through death education in the public schools

  J Conrad Glass•Death Studies•1990

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• Effectiveness of a Death-Education Program in Reducing Death Anxiety of Nursing Students

  Open Access•Noreen Johansson, Terry Lally•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1991

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• Enhancement of Death Acceptance by a Grief Counseling Course

  Open Access•Harvey J Irwin, Elizabeth B Melbin-Helberg•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1992

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• Effects of Course in Hospice Nursing

  Open Access•Elise L Lev•Psychological Reports•1986

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• The Effects of Death Education on Death Anxiety

  Open Access•Christopher J Maglio, Sharon E Robinson•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1994

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• Locus of Control-Levels of Death Anxiety Relationships

  Open Access•Bert Hayslip, Duke J Stewart-Bussey et al.•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1987

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• Impact of Hospice Volunteer Training on Death Anxiety and Locus of Control

  Open Access•Bert Hayslip, Mary L Walling•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1986

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• The Experimental Manipulation of Death Attitudes

  Open Access•Bill D Bell•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•1975

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• On the social psychology of the psychological experiment

  Martin T Orne•American Psychologist•1962

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• The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale

  Donald I Templer•The Journal of General Psychology•1970

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• "How we should measure "change

  Lee J Cronbach, Lita Furby•Psychological Bulletin•1970

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