Death Anxiety Among New Zealanders
The Predictive Roles of Religion, Spirituality, and Family Connection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roy Macleod (0000-0003-2382-4769), Rod Macleod (Greenwich Hospital, Northern Clinical School—University of Sydney, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia), Donna M Wilson (0000-0002-4860-8440, University of Alberta), Jackie Crandall (University of Alberta), Phil Austin (HammondCare, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-19 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-09 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0030222817724307 |
| PMID | 28792354 |
| OpenAlex | W2743613340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 34 |
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate attitudes of New Zealanders toward death and dying. We administered an online version of Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale and Concerns about Dying Instrument subscales to a representative sample of the New Zealand population. One thousand one people responded to the survey, where the largest age-group lay between 30 and 39 years. Respondents with strong religious beliefs showed strongest agreement to being anxious about their own death compared to those who have no religious beliefs ( p = .0005). Conversely, participants with strong spiritual beliefs did not feel anxious about dying (=.0005). Participants with strong family connections believed their religion/spirituality helped them think about death compared to those with weak family connections ( p > .0001). Our findings show that strong religious beliefs significantly predict higher levels of death anxiety compared to participants with strong spiritual beliefs. This is probably due to the cultural identity of those sampled
Alternative medicine · Anxiety · Death anxiety · Generalized anxiety · Population · Psychiatry · Religious orientation · Sociology · Spirituality · Clinical Psychology · 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 works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |