Fear of Personal Death as a Predictor of Motivation for Religious Behavior

Based on the notion that both fear of death and religious motivation are expressions of deeper basic human concerns, the relation between fear of personal death and religious motivation was examined using multidimensional measures of both constructs. Hierarchical regression analysis of the responses...

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Auteur principal: Lazar, Aryeh (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2006
Dans: Review of religious research
Année: 2006, Volume: 48, Numéro: 2, Pages: 179-189
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Based on the notion that both fear of death and religious motivation are expressions of deeper basic human concerns, the relation between fear of personal death and religious motivation was examined using multidimensional measures of both constructs. Hierarchical regression analysis of the responses of 123 Israeli Jews showed that, after controlling for demographic variables and for religiosity, interpersonal, intrapersonal and transpersonal fear of death measures contributed to the prediction of corresponding interpersonal, intrapersonal and transpersonal measures of religious motivation.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research