Existential Perspectives on Death Anxiety

Beshai, James A.; Naboulsi, Mohamed A.

doi:10.2466/pr0.95.2.507-513

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“…Higher scores indicate higher levels of death anxiety (Templer, 1970). TDAS was developed a theoretically and has been translated and validated in 26 languages (Beshai & Naboulsi, 2004). Literature reveals explained that the scale has been translated into 54 distinctive languages like German, Arabic, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, Russian, Farsi, Portuguese, Japanese, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Swedish (Templer et al, 2006).…”

Section: The Templer's Death Anxiety Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

2017

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Aim: To find out the level of death anxiety and depression level among Turkish elderly people. Methods: This research was carried out on 106 elderly people aged 60 years and older from three different nursing homes. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and correlations were used for the analyses. Results: The 25.4% of elderly were between 65-69 years old, and included most of the elderly who were male (83%), single (92.5%) and retired (35.8%).The overall mean on depression was 14.43, and the death anxiety was 7.57. Mild depression was found in 69.8%, and no symptoms of depression were reported by 16% of the subjects. A positive correlation was found between total score of GDS and TDAS (r: 0.304, p<0.01). Conclusion: Healthcare professionals working with elderly people in nursing homes should be aware about death anxiety of the elderly.

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Section: The Templer's Death Anxiety Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

2017

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“…A death anxiety scale tailored for use in patients with advanced cancer, the Death and Dying Distress Scale (DADDS) (23), has recently been validated and employed as an outcome in clinical trials (24). However, the interpretation and clinical utility of self-reported scores may not be evident without further linkage to the phenomenology of death anxiety as it emerges in clinical settings (25,26).…”

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Inviting end-of-life talk in initial CALM therapy sessions: A conversation analytic study

Shaw

Chrysikou

Davis

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Patient Education and Counseling

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How to cite TSpace itemsAlways cite the published version, so the author(s) will receive recognition through services that track citation counts, e.g. Scopus. If you need to cite the page number of the author manuscript from TSpace because you cannot access the published version, then cite the TSpace version in addition to the published version using the permanent URI (handle) found on the record page. Aim: To inform our understanding of death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer by exploring the relationship between this self-reported symptom and its clinical presentation. Design: Participants were part of a psychotherapy trial in advanced cancer. First therapy session transcripts were analyzed using interpretive description in patients reporting low, moderate and high death anxiety on the Death and Dying Distress Scale (DADDS). Setting/participants: 16 participants (10 women and 6 men) with advanced or metastatic cancer were recruited at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada. In this sample, 6 reported low death anxiety scores (DADDS 0-19), 5 moderate (DADDS 20-50), and 5 high (DADDS 51-75). Results: The low death anxiety group exhibited psychological readiness for death, or contrastingly, non-reflectiveness about death. The moderate group recognized the imminence of mortality, which impacted treatment decisions and future plans. Prior experience with death was discussed as raising the salience of mortality. The high group felt dominated by powerful emotions and could not make sense of their situation. Their distress was exacerbated by substantial relational concerns. Conclusions: Self-reported death anxiety is affected by the awareness and ability to reflect on mortality. DADDS scores may facilitate exploration of this symptom as part of a clinical assessment and may serve to guide treatment approaches. Greater attention to death anxiety is consistent with and recommended by contemporary approaches to palliative care.

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“…Fechner recognizes that ontology precedes epistemology or that experience precedes consciousness. Straus (1966) who was a colleague of Binswanger developed a phenomenological approach to psychotherapy where the therapist and patient engage in a search for authentic living (Beshai & Naboulsi, 2004). Lester and Binswanger may have two different methods of treatment, each with a different ontology, and both are interpreting differently the same empirical data from Ellen West.…”

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“…There is no doubt that Lester, Templer, and Abdel-Khalek enriched cross-cultural research all over the world by bringing new insights into the meaning and application of death anxiety. Beshai and Naboulsi (2004) gave an account of the need for expanding the meaning of death anxiety by a disclosure of ontology. Knowing the correlates of death anxiety is a necessary endeavor, but it is insufficient without a disclosure of ontological sources in the mindset of the author.…”

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Are Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Norms on Death Anxiety Valid?

Beshai

2008

Omega (Westport)

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Cross-cultural comparisons of norms derived from research on Death Anxiety are valid as long as they provide existential validity. Existential validity is not empirically derived like construct validity. It is an understanding of being human unto death. It is the realization that death is imminent. It is the inner sense that provides a responder to death anxiety scales with a valid expression of his or her sense about the prospect of dying. It can be articulated in a life review by a disclosure of one's ontology. This article calls upon psychologists who develop death anxiety scales to disclose their presuppositions about death before administering a questionnaire. By disclosing his or her ontology a psychologist provides a means of disclosing his or her intentionality in responding to the items. This humanistic paradigm allows for an interactive participation between investigator and subject. Lester, Templer, and Abdel-Khalek (2006-2007) enriched psychology with significant empirical data on several correlates of death anxiety. But all scientists, especially psychologists, will always have alternative interpretations of the same empirical fact pattern. Empirical data is limited by the affirmation of the consequent limitation. A phenomenology of language and communication makes existential validity a necessary step for a broader understanding of the meaning of death anxiety.

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Existential Perspectives on Death Anxiety

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

Inviting end-of-life talk in initial CALM therapy sessions: A conversation analytic study

Are Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Norms on Death Anxiety Valid?

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