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Smith, Alexander H., Jr. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1977
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI), the Levanthal Anxiety Scale, the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), and a questionnaire determining various demographic and situational variables relevant to death anxiety were administered to college students (N=180). Percentage of the variance of death anxiety accounted for by each predictor variable…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Death, Environmental Influences
Slezak, Michael E. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1982
Studied the relationship of attitudes toward euthanasia to death fears and demographic variables in a sample of 100 adults. Found the strongest predictors of euthanasia attitude were age and amount of education. Suggests individuals who are more experienced with life and death have a more positive attitude toward euthanasia. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Anxiety, Attitude Measures
Wood, Keith; Robinson, Paul J. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1982
Demonstrates that within a group of highly actualized individuals, the degree to which "own death" is integrated into constructs of self is a far more powerful predictor of fear of death than actualization. Findings suggest that actualization and integration are independent in their overall effect on fear of death. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Death, Fear
