A note on the relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and attitude towards death

ty-five members of mainstream Protestant denominations, who were clearly identified by means of the Religious Orientation Scale as holding intrinsically motivated religious beliefs, were found to hold a significantly more healthy attitude towards their own deaths, as assessed by the Death Attitude Scale, than did an equivalent sample of extrinsically motivated individuals. It is thus suggested that religious believers who are intrinsically motivated in their religious orientation are more able to confront the facticity of their own deaths than are extrinsically motivated religious believers. Attention is called to the finding that these two fundamentally different religious orientations do not necessarily bear an equivalent relationship to the attitude towards one's own death. S. Afr. J. Sociol 1983, 14(2) 69 – 70 Daar is bevind dat 85 lede van die hoof Protestantse denominasies wat duidelik deur die godsdienstige oriSntasie-skaal geidentifiseer is as mense met intrinsiek-gemotiveerde godsdienstige oortuigings, 'n betekenisvol meer gesonde houding teenoor hulle eie dood soos gemeet deur die doodshouding-skaal gehad het as n ekwivalente steekproef van ekstrinsiek-gemotiveerde individue. Daar word dus gesug-gereer dat gelowiges wat intrinsiek gemotiveer is in hulle godsdienstige onfintasie meer in staat is om die feitelikheid van hulle eie dood in die 06 te kyk as wat ekstrinsiek-gemotiveerde gelowiges is. Aandag word gevestig op die bevinding dat hierdie twee fundamenteel-verskillende godsdienstige onfintasies nie noodwendig in 'n ekwivalente verhouding staan tot die houding ten opsigte van n mens se eie dood me.S. Afr Tydskr Sosiol 1983,14(2): 69 – 70

Religious orientation · Theology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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