The Impact of Death Education on Fear of Death and Death Anxiety Among Human Services Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irene Searles Mcclatchey (0000-0003-4890-0043, Kennesaw State University, corresponding author), Steve King (Kennesaw State University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 343-361 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-11 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0030222815572606 |
| PMID | 26665963 |
| OpenAlex | W2204843511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 28 |
Human services professionals will undoubtedly work with the dying and bereaved populations at one time or other. Yet, they are poorly prepared to do so since death education, that is, lessons about the human and emotional aspects of death, its implications, and subsequent bereavement issues, is often not part of their curriculum. This nonequivalent comparison group study (N = 86) examined death fear and death anxiety among human services students before and after receiving death education using the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. The results showed a statistically significant decrease in death anxiety among the group of students who participated in death education compared to those who did not
Anxiety · Curriculum · Death anxiety · Death education · Fear of death · Human services · Pedagogy · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |