Relationship between Personality Traits and Fear of Death

Bibliographic Data

ID13669513
AuthorsDavid E Neufeldt (University of Arkansas, corresponding author), Cooper B Holmes (Emporia State University)
Year1979
Volume45
Issue3
Pages907-910
Publication date1979-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1979.45.3.907
PMID538205
OpenAlexW2142056485
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

Personality traits and reported levels of death fear were compared for 75 individuals. The subjects were undergraduate men and women in psychology who completed the 16 PF and the Death Anxiety Scale. Five personality traits were associated with a high fear of death; however, none were to a degree that would allow the statement that people with a high fear of death are necessarily abnormal. Those with a high fear of death were relatively more easily affected by feelings, less trusting, less self-assured, less socially precise, and more tense than people with a low fear of death

Anxiety · Big Five personality traits · Death anxiety · Fear of death · Feeling · Personality · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology