Situational Correlates of Death Anxiety

A pattern of correlations was found between self-reported death anxiety and the respondents' reactions and preferences in a situation directly related to death -funerals. Statements reflecting subjective distress and those reflecting an avoidance behavior showed positive relationships with death anxieties and seem congruent with avoidance responses in other anxiety-provoking situations. By contrast with the situational correlates of death anxiety, no relationship was found for a variety of demographic and personal variables (age, number of deaths among relatives and close friends within the last two years, etc.). The present data are exploratory only, but do indicate the importance of identifying situational cues that elicit death anxiety

Anxiety · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Exploratory research · Fear of death · Psychiatry · Situational ethics · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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