Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning

Rigdon, Michael A.; Epting, Franz R.

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“…Unlike the more established results reported earlier, the findings concerning the correlations between religiousness or afterlife beliefs and death anxiety are contradictive; several studies have supported the intuitive notion that believing in life after death reduces death anxiety (Cohen et al., 2005; Harding et al., 2005; Rigdon & Epting, 1985). However, there are other studies finding no such correlation (Aday, 2016; Chaiwutikornwanich, 2015), and others demonstrating significant reverse u-formed correlations (McMordie, 1981; Smith, Nehemkis, & Charter, 1984; Wink & Scott, 2005).…”

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How to Deal With Death: An Empirical Path Analysis of a Simplified Model of Death Anxiety

Surall

Steppacher

2018

Omega (Westport)

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How anxious are you about dying? According to Tomer and Eliason, this depends on various personal circumstances, which they identified in their model on death anxiety. This study aims to verify various aspects of Tomer and Eliason’s theoretical model. We therefore collected data from 652 German participants about demographic variables, religiosity, life satisfaction, death acceptance, and death anxiety. We then conducted a path analysis in order to verify whether the empirical data supported the theoretical model. Our results demonstrate a very good model fit, indicating that the analyzed model is valid and can be maintained. Further mediation analysis demonstrates the specific relations of variables within the model and their influence on death anxiety.

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How to Deal With Death: An Empirical Path Analysis of a Simplified Model of Death Anxiety

Surall

Steppacher

2018

Omega (Westport)

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“…Communication is an essential requirement for the preservation of trust between patients and health professionals and is subject also to legal and ethical safeguards (45). From time to time, the duty to preserve confidentiality and keep the channels of communication open can present health professionals with an ethical or legal dilemma, commonly when the patient’s children request information about their parents or their treatment.…”

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Thanatophobia (Death Anxiety) in the Elderly: The Problem of the Child’s Inability to Assess Their Own Parent’s Death Anxiety State

Sinoff

2017

Front. Med.

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Thanatophobia is omnipresent in our lives. Research has shown separate but connected constructs: fear of death or fear of the dying process. The influences on death anxiety are varied including religiosity, gender, psychological state, and age. It is often assumed by the children of the elderly that the fear of death is prevalent in their parents. Daily the medical staff encounters the presence of death anxiety: from family members or the staff itself. In order to understand this phenomenon, a three-tier study was conducted on non-terminal elderly inpatients in an acute geriatric care ward. The study showed that the elderly had low levels of anxiety (scoring 4/15 on Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale) but their children scored higher for themselves (6.9/15) and for their parents (8.9/15). A regression model showed that only the presence of generalized anxiety and religiosity of parent had an effect explaining 33.6% of the variance. Death anxiety of death is usually absent in the elderly but rather they fear the dying process. On the other hand, their children do fear death, which they extrapolate onto their parents. This causes conflicts since the children prevent disclosure of relevant medical information to their parents. This has to be addressed by the staff when dealing with family members, to allow open and honest communication with their patients. The staff need to explain to the family that the elderly are not afraid of death but of the suffering from the dying process.

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“…In a post-hoc analysis, Rigdon and Epting ( 1985) found that participants reporting a previous close brush with death tended to have lower Threat Index scores than those who did not report having been close to death, although that diå erence was not signi cant. Greyson ( 1994) reported that near-death experience participants showed signicantly less death threat than non-near-death experience participants or participants who had never been near to death.…”

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Traumatic Stress and Death Anxiety Among Community Residents Exposed to an Aircraft Crash

Chung

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Easthope³

2000

Death Studies

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This article examined the relationship between traumatic stress and death anxiety among community residents who lived near woodlands in which an aircraft had crashed in Coventry, England. The hypothesis was that there would be a high level of impact of the crash experienced by residents and that the residents would experience psychological distress. It was also hypothesized that the impact of the crash and distress were associated with death anxiety. Eighty-two residents were interviewed for the study. They were asked to complete the Impact of Event Scale, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and the Death Anxiety Scale. The results showed that Coventry residents were found to experience intrusive thoughts and display avoidance behavior. The residents' intrusive thoughts and avoidance behavior were significantly more severe than one group of Horowitz's standardized samples (i.e., the medical students), but not significantly different from another group (i.e., the stress clinic samples). Fifty-seven percent scored at or above the GHQ cutoff point, which meant that they were considered to be psychiatric cases. Community residents scored significantly lower in death anxiety than the standardized high-death anxiety patients but no differently from the standardized control patients. Correlations were found between the impact of the event, psychological distress, and death anxiety.

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Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning

Cited by 42 publications

References 42 publications

How to Deal With Death: An Empirical Path Analysis of a Simplified Model of Death Anxiety

How to Deal With Death: An Empirical Path Analysis of a Simplified Model of Death Anxiety

Thanatophobia (Death Anxiety) in the Elderly: The Problem of the Child’s Inability to Assess Their Own Parent’s Death Anxiety State

Traumatic Stress and Death Anxiety Among Community Residents Exposed to an Aircraft Crash

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