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Survey of Claimed Encounters with the Dead

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ID13628283
AuthorsErlendur Haraldsson (University of Iceland, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume19
Issue2
Pages103-113
Publication date1989-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/nuyd-ax5d-lp2c-nux5
OpenAlexW2038193573
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited8

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

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year0,59
Citation span1992 - 2021 (30)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20
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