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Wisdom as the Mediator in the Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Attitude Toward Death

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ID13630641
AuthorsPawel Brudek (0000-0003-0251-9415, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, corresponding author), Marcin Sekowski (0000-0001-6736-0957, Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education)
Year2019
Volume83
Issue1
Pages3-32
Publication date2019-04-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222819837778
PMID30971185
OpenAlexW2936259745
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited67

The goal of the presented research was to investigate if wisdom plays a mediating role in the relationships between meaning in life and the attitude toward death in the period of middle and late adulthood. A study was carried out that included 567 persons aged 40 to 75 years. Three measures were used: Personal Meaning Profile, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, and Death Attitude Profile-Revised. The conducted analyses allowed the authors to confirm the mediating role of wisdom in the relationships between meaning in life and fear of death as well as death avoidance in persons during the period of middle and late adulthood

Aesthetics · Cartography · Developmental psychology · Geography · Meaning (existential · Period (music · Psychotherapist · Purpose in life · Scale (ratio · Aging and Gerontology Research · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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