Sex, Religion, and Risk-Taking Behavior as Correlates of Death Anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13627721 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald W Mc Donald (Jacksonville State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-44 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/1rh2-kjr2-dw66-3afq |
| OpenAlex | W1984347122 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 23 |
The research investigates death anxiety and risk-taking behavior as personality dimensions. It is hypothesized that the greater the risk-taking behavior an individual will exhibit, the lower his death anxiety. Sex and religious affiliation, i.e., Mormon vs. non-Mormon, are investigated regarding levels of death anxiety in an attempt to clarify existing contradictory research findings. The only significant relationship found was that females have higher levels of death anxiety than males. Lack of support for the major hypothesis (r = .15) is explained by the argument that personality constellations, if they exist, hold a minimal role in the attitudes of the individuals, with greater emphasis placed on interpersonal and situational variables
Anxiety · Argument (complex analysis · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Fear of death · Interpersonal communication · Personality · Psychiatry · Situational ethics · Terror management theory · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Religiosity and Death Anxiety
Gender differences in risk taking
The influence of religion on death anxiety and death acceptance
Death anxiety and comfort in teaching about death among preschool teachers
Predictors of Fear of Death and Self-Mortality
Mortality awareness and risk-taking in late adolescence
Sex differences in death anxiety
Gender Differences in the Willingness to Engage in Risky Behavior
Improving Measurement of Death Anxiety
Relationship of Religiosity to Death Anxiety of Middle-Aged Males
Cigarette Smoking and Fear of Death
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Death Anxiety
The Death Anxiety of Gays
Clarifying the Measurement of Death Attitudes
Fear of Personal Death
Factors Related to Attitudes Toward Death among American and Chinese Older Adults
To Laugh in the Face of Death
Belief in afterlife as a moderator of fear of death
The meaning of death.
American Soldier
Power motivation and risk‐taking behavior 1
The Sociology of Death
Religious Correlates of Death Anxiety
Fear of Death of Suicidal Persons
Death Anxiety
Smoking Behavior
Sociology of Death
Death anxiety
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure
Experimental and correlational studies of the fear of death
Values destroyed by death
Some reactions toward death among college students
An Approach to the Study of Death Attitudes
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2008 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |