Personifications of Personal and Typical Death as Related to Death Attitudes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan F Bassett (0000-0002-1199-2506, Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina, corresponding author), Polly A McCann (Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina), Kelly L Cate (North Georgia College and State University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-172 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-03 |
| 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/om.57.2.c |
| PMID | 18680888 |
| OpenAlex | W2066473519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
The present article examined differences in personifications of personal and typical death as a function of attitudes about death. Ninety-eight students enrolled in psychology classes were randomly assigned to personify death as a character in a movie depicting either their own deathbed scene or the deathbed scene of the typical person prior to completing the Death Attitude Profile-Revised. The results supported the conceptual distinction between attitudes about personal death and death in general. Participants in the personal death condition personified death more frequently as a gentle-comforting image and less frequently as a cold-remote image than did participants in the typical death condition. The results also further validated the relation between personifications of death and death attitudes. Across both conditions, participants who selected the grim-terrifying image reported more fear of death and death avoidance; whereas, participants who selected the cold-remote or robot-like images reported more neutral acceptance
Character (mathematics · Fear of death · Psychiatry · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |