Social profile and attitudes of cryonics advocates and deniers in Germany
A representative study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15082147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Lohmeier (RWTH Aachen University), Dominik Groß (0000-0001-9979-8531, RWTH Aachen University), Jürgen Raschke, Stéphanie Kaiser (0000-0003-3222-3711, RWTH Aachen University, corresponding author), Michael Rosentreter (RWTH Aachen University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 263-279 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mortality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-6275 • E-ISSN: 1469-9885 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13576275.2014.996210 |
| OpenAlex | W2091419780 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
The present study deals with the socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes towards life and death of people who can imagine having their bodies cryopreserved after their deaths. Cryopreservation is the process of freezing someone immediately after death with a view to reviving them in the future. One thousand people from the access panel of Harris Interactive were surveyed on this subject. Particular attention is paid here to the comparison of the advocates of cryonics with those who reject this process for themselves. The study showed that attitudes towards death – particularly those which are associated with fear of death – can explain the preference to be cryopreserved after one’s death. Conversely, people who hope that an afterlife exists, tend to refuse cryopreservation. These findings were confirmed by a Mann–Whitney U-test, which shows significant statistical differences of those attitudes
Afterlife · Biology · Cryopreservation · Preference · Test (biology · Theology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |