The Associations Between Death Anxiety, Supernatural Beliefs, Caring for Loved Ones and Attachments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mahdi Rezapour (0000-0002-9901-3260, Independent researcher, corresponding author), F Richard Ferraro (0000-0002-8773-9291, University of North Dakota) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 2103-2118 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-09 |
| 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 | 10.1177/00302228231169541 |
| PMID | 37032309 |
| OpenAlex | W4362736515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
Despite extensive efforts in a better understanding of associations between death anxiety and various factors, efforts studying the complex associations across those variables are still limited. This study was conducted to better understand the possible complexity between death anxiety and myriad of factors, by first extracting the most important features, and then assessing the complexity of variables by checking all pairwise interaction terms. We found most of associated factors of death anxiety are related to the concept of attachment or caring for loved ones. Ill-effect attachment with positive associations with death anxiety included factors such as attachment to the physical side of oneself, being alone before death, and the possibility of death being the end of us. On the other hand, supernatural conceptions of worldviews such as believing in God, believing that the soul is separate from body, and being religious buffer against the death anxiety
Anxiety · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Fear of death · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Soul · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |