Death Threat and Death Concerns in the College Student
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome Tobacyk (Louisiana Tech University, corresponding author), Daniel Eckstein (Louisiana Tech University) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-155 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| 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/ad8p-ymvt-b18r-crxe |
| OpenAlex | W2094399011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 16 |
A four part investigation of death orientation in college students using the provided-construct form of the Threat Index and the Death Concern Scale was conducted. Part I investigated the construct validity of the Threat Index, reporting significant predicted correlations of the Threat Index with the Death Concern Scale, Trait Anxiety Scale, and Repression-Sensitization Scale. Part II explored death orientation and personality differences between a Thanatology Group (death education students) and a Control Group. Thanatology students reported significantly lesser death threat and significantly greater death concerns than controls. Part III compared pre-test to post-test changes in death threat and death concerns for the Thanatology Group with pre-post changes for the Control Group. Using analysis of covariance procedures, a significantly greater decline in death threat was obtained in the Thanatology Group relative to the controls. Part IV explored two personality variables–trait anxiety and repression-sensitization–as moderators of change in death orientation in the Thantology Group. Trait anxiety was found to be a significant predictor of change in death threat in the Thanatology Group, with lesser anxiety associated with greater decline in death threat
Anxiety · Death anxiety · Personality · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Thanatology · Trait · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology
The threat hypothesis
Assessing personal meanings of death
The impact of death education
Inconsistencies in death threat theory still stand
Psychological Research on Death Attitudes
Death threat with young adults who have lost a parent to death
A comparison of hospice patients with other recovering and ill patients
Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning
A Comparison of Death Anxiety and Denial in Death-Risk and Death-Exposure Occupations
A systematic review of the psychometric properties of death anxiety self-report measures
Assessing Individual Differences in Death Threat
Belief in afterlife as a moderator of fear of death
Death Concern
Relation of the Revised Repression-Sensitization Scale to Measures of Self-Description
Self-Report and Fantasy Correlates of Death Concern
Personality Characteristics of Volunteers for Thanatological Research
Personal Constructs, Threat and Attitudes toward Death
Death Education
Attitudes toward Death, Anxiety, and Social Desirability
The Experimental Manipulation of Death Attitudes
Death Threat Constructions in the Student and the Prudent
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2022 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |