Belief in Afterlife and Death Anxiety
Correlates and Comparisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald H Aday (Middle Tennessee State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-75 |
| Publication date | 1985-08-01 |
| 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/gypp-vbg3-m3ay-1ml9 |
| OpenAlex | W2000542800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 19 |
Previous investigations of the relationship between death anxiety and belief in afterlife have often yielded inconsistent results. In an attempt to establish a common linkage between the two variables, this study investigated key variables associated with death anxiety and belief in afterlife among a group of college students. The respondent's sex, race, educational level, family income, church membership, frequency of church attendance, and intensity of religious beliefs were employed as control variables. Results support the notion that belief in afterlife is primarily a function of religion and not, at least directly, a correlate of fear of death. While all the control variables were found to be significantly related to either death anxiety or belief in afterlife, only church attendance was found to be significantly related to both
Afterlife · Anxiety · Church attendance · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Fear of death · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Respondent · Theology · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Religiosity and Fear of Death
The mediator role of attitude towards aging and elderliness in the effect of the meaning and purpose of life on death anxiety
Religious Commitment and Mental Health
Religiosity and Death Anxiety
The influence of religion on death anxiety and death acceptance
Religiosity and fear of death
The religious correlates of death anxiety
Invited Essay
Religiosity and Death Distress in Arabic College Students
Mortality Anxiety as a Function of Intrinsic Religiosity and Perceived Purpose in Life
Changing death anxiety through death education in the public schools
Death Experiences and Hospice
Death perspectives and temporal variables in terminally ill and healthy adults
Death Distress and Religiosity Among Spanish Patients Diagnosed With Depression and Anxiety
Afterlife Beliefs and Death Anxiety
Testing of a Causal Model
Exploration of Death Anxiety as a Function of Religious Variables in Gay Men with and without Aids
Spirituality and Religiosity
Religiosity Related to Grief Levels of Bereaved Mothers and Fathers
Older Adults' Attitudes Toward Death
How to Deal With Death
Comparison of Attitudes toward Death and Dying among Nursing Majors and other College Students
Belief in Afterlife as a Buffer in Suicidal and other Bereavement
Cigarette Smoking and Fear of Death
Effect of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on Death Anxiety in University Students
Effect of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on Death Anxiety in University Students
Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, belief in the afterlife, death anxiety, and life satisfaction in young Catholics and Protestants
Foxhole atheism, revisited
Factor Analytic Study of Attitudes Toward Death Among College Students
Studies in Death Attitudes
Religious Correlates of Death Anxiety
Death Anxiety in Religiously Very Involved Persons
Fear of Death and Femininity
Use of the Death Anxiety Scale in an Inter-Racial Jetting
Sex and Marital Status Differences in Death Anxiety
Belief in Afterlife, Religion, Religiosity and Life-Threatening Experiences
Death Anxiety and Death Acceptance
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
Effect of induced fear of death on belief in afterlife
Death
Religious Conviction and Fear of Death among the Healthy and the Terminally Ill
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2023 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |