Religious Conviction and Fear of Death among the Healthy and the Terminally Ill
This study investigated the relationship between religious persuasion and fear of death in physically healthy persons and terminally ill patients. No differences in the intensity of fear of death were found between believers and unbelievers. Personal nearness to death also did not reveal any meaning...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1974]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Test ranges
B Ambivalence B Attitudes toward death B Demography B Range errors B Socioeconomic Status B Death B Social protests B Social Psychology B Frequency ranges |
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| Summary: | This study investigated the relationship between religious persuasion and fear of death in physically healthy persons and terminally ill patients. No differences in the intensity of fear of death were found between believers and unbelievers. Personal nearness to death also did not reveal any meaningful differences between believers and unbelievers. What did emerge was a pattern generally characteristic of all the populations studied, highpointing an ambivalent acceptance-avoidance approach toward fear of death. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384763 |