Divergent Patterns of Confrontation With Death Using the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire (AFEQT): Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of Four Samples With Increasing Proximity to Death.
Abstract:Background: Based on the concept of “Daseinsverabschiedung”, an anthropological theory of “Anticipated Farewell to Existence” (AFE) was suggested on the basis of six grounding dimensions (“derived in AFE”): selfhood (“expiration of the time of existence”), interpersonality (“altruistic preoccupation”), temporality (“struggle for acceptance”), corporeality (“wounded physical integrity”), worldliness (“reconciliation with own existence”), and transcendence (“self-transcendence”). The purpose of the study is to i… Show more
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