A Behavioral Intervention for Death Anxiety in Nurses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Diane White (Saint Louis University, corresponding author), Frank H Gilner (Saint Louis University), Paul J Handal (Saint Louis University), John G Napoli (Saint Louis University) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-42 |
| Publication date | 1984-02-01 |
| 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/cent-9fmu-h61e-8bhe |
| OpenAlex | W2171268669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 17 |
A treatment outcome study was conducted to evaluate change in death anxiety as a result of systematic desensitization, relaxation training, and no intervention. Dependent measures included two paper-and-pencil tests of death anxiety, Feifel's CWIT, a behavioral measure of communication with simulated patients, and demographic variables. The measures were given pre, post, and five months following intervention. Both the desensitization and relaxation groups were more effective than no treatment and were more effective than didactic or short term interventions reviewed in the literature. Discussion is focused on the need for improvement of available dependent measures of death anxiety and development of adequate behavioral measurement scales before further outcome research becomes meaningful
Anxiety · Death anxiety · Desensitization (medicine · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Relaxation (psychology · Relaxation Therapy · Systematic desensitization · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Separation of Church and Trait
Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology
Attitudes towards the old and death, and spiritual well-being
The impact of death education
Four Year Cross-Sectional Comparison of Death Distress among Nursing College Students
Gratitude Orientation Reduces Death Anxiety but Not Positive and Negative Affect
Indirect Attempt to Change Death Attitudes
Systematic Desensitization and the Reduction of Anxiety
Who's afraid of death?
Psychological Perspectives on Death
Clinical Behavior Therapy
Perceptual Defensiveness and Death Anxiety
Effects of Death Education on Fear of Death and Attitudes towards Death and Life
A Group Desensitization Procedure for the Reduction of Death Anxiety
The Experimental Manipulation of Death Attitudes
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2020 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |