Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

Bodner, Ehud; Shrira, Amit; Bergman, Yoav S.; Cohen-Fridel, Sara

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.03.052

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“…There is also empirical evidence indicating that ageism is associated with heightened ageing anxiety (Bodner et al 2015a). These concerns act as stressors that increase sensitivity to physical symptoms (Poon and Knight 2009), and become associated with higher levels of depression during midlife (Barrett and Robbins 2008), as well as with other symptoms of mental distress (Bodner et al 2015b).…”

Section: Self-ageism Among Older Patients With Mental Illnessmentioning

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Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

Bodner

Palgi

Wyman

2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

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Palgi

Wyman

2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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“…Despite being correlated, the three dimensions are empirically distinct concepts ( Lester, 2003 ). People with high levels of death distress tend to experience more mental health problems or psychopathology such as distress/impairment, depression, anxiety, and stress ( Bodner, Shrira, Bergman, & Cohen-Fridel, 2015 ; Menzies, Sharpe, & Dar-Nimrod, 2019 ), which may trigger risk of death or engagement in suicidal behaviours. Death distress is also associated with obsession ( Abdel-Khalek, 2004 ), religiosity ( Mohammadzadeh & Oraki, 2018 ), satisfaction and resilience ( Wen, 2010 ).…”

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Positivity explains how COVID-19 perceived risk increases death distress and reduces happiness

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Güler

2021

Personality and Individual Differences

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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has produced an unprecedented impact on all aspects of life, including mental outcomes like death distress. This study examined the mediating effect of positivity on the association between COVID-19 related perceived risk, death distress, and happiness. Participants were 3109 Turkish adults (Mean age = 38.64 ± 10.40) who completed online measures of perceived risk, positivity, death distress, and happiness during the pandemic. Results showed that perceived risk had a significant direct effect on positivity, death distress, and happiness. Positivity had a significant direct effect on death distress and happiness. Mediation analysis indicated that positivity mediated the effect of perceived risk on death distress and happiness. Results suggest that positivity is an important aspect of developing strength-based preventions and interventions aiming to reduce psychological distress and improve happiness.

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“…In this regard, research has shown that death awareness increases death anxiety among individuals low on TMT-relevant resources such as meaning in life (Routledge & Juhl, 2010). Moreover, high levels of death anxiety were associated with psychological distress among older adults (Bodner, Shrira, Bergman, & Cohen-Fridel, 2015). Therefore, as with subjective perceptions of death proximity, it is possible that maintaining a positive image of one’s body may assist the individual to ward off the deleterious effects of existential concerns about death.…”

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The Utility of a Positive Body Image Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Who Perceive Death to Be Near and Fear It

Bodner

Bergman

2019

Res Aging

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Physical changes are an inevitable part of the aging process. However, research has demonstrated inconclusive findings with regard to body image among older adults. This study attempts to clarify the utility of body image among this age-group, by adopting the framework of terror management theory. It is suggested that a positive body image may moderate the connection between two types of death concerns and psychological distress: subjective nearness-to-death and death anxiety. A convenience sample of 386 community-dwelling older adults, aged 60–97, filled scales measuring subjective nearness-to-death, positive body image, psychological distress, and death anxiety. A significant negative association was found between a positive body image and distress. Moreover, positive body image moderated the connection between distress and both subjective nearness-to-death and death anxiety. Thus, holding a positive image of the body seems to be an important resource for older adults when death is perceived to be near.

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Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

Cited by 25 publications

References 28 publications

Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

Positivity explains how COVID-19 perceived risk increases death distress and reduces happiness

The Utility of a Positive Body Image Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Who Perceive Death to Be Near and Fear It

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