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Direct linkLehto, Rebecca; Therrien, Barbara – Death Studies, 2010
Confronting the reality of death is an important challenge for individuals facing life-threatening illness such as lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death. Few studies, however, document the nature of death-related concerns in individuals newly diagnosed with lung cancer. The aims of this exploratory study were to examine unsolicited…
Descriptors: Cancer, Death, Clinical Diagnosis, Behavior
Taubman-Ben-Ari, Orit; Noy, Adi – Death Studies, 2010
Two studies explored the connection between self-consciousness and death cognitions. In Study 1 (n = 56), a positive association was found between accessibility of death-related thoughts and the ruminative dimension of self-consciousness. In Study 2 (n = 212), a mortality salience induction led to higher validation of cultural worldviews (a more…
Descriptors: Death, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Psychological Patterns
Dunkel, Curtis S. – Death Studies, 2009
Three studies were conducted examining the relationship between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death. In Study 1 and Study 3 it was found that making thoughts of feces salient reduced the accessibility of death thoughts. In Study 2 it was found that making thoughts of death salient decreased the accessibility of feces thoughts. It is…
Descriptors: Death, Cognitive Processes, Sanitation, Human Body
Lobb, Elizabeth A.; Kristjanson, Linda J.; Aoun, Samar M.; Monterosso, Leanne; Halkett, Georgia K. B.; Davies, Anna – Death Studies, 2010
A systematic review of the literature on predictors of complicated grief (CG) was undertaken with the aim of clarifying the current knowledge and to inform future planning and work in CG following bereavement. Predictors of CG prior to the death include previous loss, exposure to trauma, a previous psychiatric history, attachment style, and the…
Descriptors: Grief, Attachment Behavior, Predictor Variables, Literature Reviews
Ben-Zur, Hasida; Michael, Keren – Death Studies, 2009
A sample of 196 participants (mean age 45.94 years, 54% women) completed inventories assessing upward and downward positive and negative social comparisons and general well-being. Widows and widowers were higher on upward negative comparisons than divorced or married persons while being lower on well-being measures of life satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Self Concept, Widowed, Divorce
Leenaars, Antoon A. – Death Studies, 2006
People who have committed a certain sin ought to be dead; I am a person who has committed that sin; therefore, I ought to be dead. Thus is the logic of a suicidal mind. Lester, Szaz, and others argue the "sinner" should always be allowed to kill him/herself. Shneidman, Leenaars and others do not agree. Once one knows the suicidal mind, it is easy…
Descriptors: Suicide, Death, Logical Thinking, Philosophy
