Attitudes toward the Aged and Frequency of Thoughts about Death
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James A Thorson (University of Georgia, Athens, corresponding author), Spencer Ackerman (University of Georgia, Athens) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 825-826 |
| Publication date | 1975-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1975.37.3.825 |
| OpenAlex | W1977844848 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
130 subjects attending an institute on death and dying completed Kogan's Attitudes Toward Old People scale and a list of items designed to indicate their frequency of thoughts about death. No correlation (.03) was found between scores on the two instruments. The pattern of scores for subjects for the variable of years of education was consistent with earlier research
Developmental psychology · Scale (ratio · Aging and Gerontology Research · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |