Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, belief in the afterlife, death anxiety, and life satisfaction in young Catholics and Protestants

Cohen, Adam B.; Pierce, John D.; Chambers, Jacqueline; Meade, Rachel M.; Gorvine, Benjamin J.; Koenig, Harold G.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2004.02.005

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“…Neimeyer, Wittkowski, & Moser (2004) suggested that deeper religious belief may predict lower death anxiety. Belief in God's existence and belief in the afterlife are related to decreased death anxiety and greater acceptance of death (Cohen et al, 2005;Harding et al, 2005). In Islam, the religion of most people, Allah creates death and life; death is God's will, a transition from a temporary life on earth to immortal life, whether in paradise or in hell (Al-Sabwah & Abdel-Khalek, 2006;Azaiza et al, 2010).…”

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Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

2017

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Aim: To find out the level of death anxiety and depression level among Turkish elderly people. Methods: This research was carried out on 106 elderly people aged 60 years and older from three different nursing homes. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and correlations were used for the analyses. Results: The 25.4% of elderly were between 65-69 years old, and included most of the elderly who were male (83%), single (92.5%) and retired (35.8%).The overall mean on depression was 14.43, and the death anxiety was 7.57. Mild depression was found in 69.8%, and no symptoms of depression were reported by 16% of the subjects. A positive correlation was found between total score of GDS and TDAS (r: 0.304, p<0.01). Conclusion: Healthcare professionals working with elderly people in nursing homes should be aware about death anxiety of the elderly.

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“…They have been found more closely related to profound difference in individuals' psychological functioning; this has shown a clearer pattern of associations with death attitudes. Cohen et al [41] for instance, showed that religious adherents who adopt religion as part of their lives have shown negative attitude towards death anxiety. According to the findings by Ardelt and Koenig [42], whereas those who adopted religion as part of their lives showed favourable attitude towards accepting death, individuals who see religion as inessential showed favourable attitude towards death anxiety.…”

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“…Furthermore, another research has shown a positive relation between intrinsic religiosity and what is classified as high death anxiety [41]. Most studies that have examined the relation between intrinsic orientation and death anxiety, along with terror management theory, suggest that intrinsic orientation is associated with less death anxiety, especially on human imagination.…”

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Culture, Perception/Belief about Death and their Implication to the Awareness and Control of the Socio-Economic, Environmental and Health Factors Surrounding Lower Life Expectancy in Nigeria

Okechi¹

2017

Acta Psychopathol

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Death is not a new phenomenon in the history of humanity however, what matters is the perception about it among every population and their attitude towards the socio-economic, environmental and health factors surrounding it. The present paper focuses on examining the concept of death across generations and the religiously and culturally informed attitude and belief towards it; the implication of this to the knowledge about and control of the socio-economic, environmental and Health factors surrounding life expectancy in traditional African societies such as Nigeria. The paper with regard to physical explanations of the factors surrounding lower life expectancy among the traditional African people such as Nigerians bring to limelight the implication of superstitious belief about death to the awareness and control of the socio-economic, environmental and health factors surrounding lower life expectancy among the population.Keywords: Death; Culture; Belief; Attitude; Environment; Health; Religion Africa; Nigeria the face of death beyond the socio-economic and cultural factors which may affect one's conception about the phenomenon [2]. While religion, socio-psychological and economic factors play roles in explaining individuals and groups' perception about finitude, age differentiation also affect the interpretation people give to human demise.The role of religious belief and age differentiation has been pointed the manner in which people manage the issue of death as a phenomenon [3]. In essence, religion and age of individuals is a significant factor in the understanding of the way people perceive and react to death and the end of life. According to Jung, individual differences in age and life experiences also affect their perception about death. Furthermore, as death is naturally occurring and demands a retiring formality from humans, religion helps to abate the anxieties, which are bound to overwhelm the individuals who may likely see death as unacceptable.Similarly, Frank [4] maintained that the inevitability nature of death made it a somewhat challenge to the perception and understanding of the individuals that the end up in search of consolation. According to Frank, spiritual belief and the level of 2017ACTA PSYCHOPATHOLOGICA ISSN 2469-6676 Vol. 3 No. 5: 56 2 This article is available from: https://psychopathology.imedpub.com/ religiosity and cultural perspective among the population in any given setting even though some scholars seem to ignore these [12][13][14].Similarly, some scholars have given more attention to anxiety about death more than other socio-psychological and cultural factors surrounding attitude and belief about death [15].According to the study by Weafer [8], individuals in advanced nations such as Ireland, Belgium, Norway and Luxemburg were found to have civilized to make decision in advance about life termination should they face with terminal illness in future time.In a multiple city/nations, Weafer [8] discovered that majority of the respondents (82%) preferred allowing their ...

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“…Such us "I gave alms to the poor out of my own money". The value scale was based on the scales of [28] and [14], an example is, "I think that corruption actions can be forgiven".…”

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“…Religion promotes equality, condemns deception and rejects corruption [13]. Faith in afterlife is negatively associated with death anxiety, and small experience of life-threatening events is enough to push up an individual"s faith [14]. While atheists believe that the individual goes to heaven after death and heaven differs from hell [15], individuals with moderate religious status have a higher death anxiety than the very religious individuals [16].…”

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The Effect of Religious Beliefs, Participation and Values on Corruption: Survey Evidence from Iraq

Zuhaira¹,

Tian²

2017

ijacsa

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Abstract-This research tests the role that religious beliefs, rituals and values plays on the corruption in Iraq. Furthermore, the research assesses ethical and moral ideals pertinent to religion, in the Iraqi educational sector. Correlation analysis and linear regression help assess the relations among the study's constructs and variables. The hypotheses tested by multiple regression technique with the help of SPSS software. Grounded in the data collected from 600 employees, the results affirm that religious beliefs have negative association with levels of corruption. Prayers in religious institution are influenced by the clergy, which serves as a set of life instructions to avoid corrupt practices. The generalizability of our results might be limited because we surveyed workers from a single sector; this calls for future studies to verify the stability of our findings across another sectors and firms.

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Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, belief in the afterlife, death anxiety, and life satisfaction in young Catholics and Protestants

Cited by 171 publications

References 58 publications

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

Culture, Perception/Belief about Death and their Implication to the Awareness and Control of the Socio-Economic, Environmental and Health Factors Surrounding Lower Life Expectancy in Nigeria

The Effect of Religious Beliefs, Participation and Values on Corruption: Survey Evidence from Iraq

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