Predictors of Fear of Death and Self-Mortality: An Atlantic Canadian Perspective

Power, Trinda L.; Smith, Steven M.

doi:10.1080/07481180701880935

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“…The findings were consistent with most Western research (Ens & Bond, 2007;Neimeyer & Fortner, 1995;Power & Smith, 2008;Tomer & Eliason, 2000) and research conducted on Chinese adolescents and adults (Wu, 2008;Yang & Chen, 2009). Although some may argue that the findings reflected by women were more expressive of their emotions (Fortner & Neimeyer, 1999;Wass & Neimeyer, 1995), the findings may reflect the real gender difference on death anxiety and superstitions.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Some studies found no difference between men and women (Fortner & Neimeyer, 1999;Wong et al, 1994). However, most recent research indicated women generally reported higher death anxiety than men (Ens & Bond, 2007;Neimeyer & Fortner, 1995;Power & Smith, 2008;Tomer & Eliason, 2000). Recent research on Chinese also confirmed the gender difference that women were more death anxious than men in Macau adults, Taiwanese adolescence, and Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates samples Wu, 2008;Yang & Chen, 2009).…”

Section: Death Anxietymentioning

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Does Superstition Help? A Study of the Role of Superstitions and Death Beliefs on Death Anxiety Amongst Chinese Undergraduates in Hong Kong

Wong

2012

Omega (Westport)

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Past research has shown that traditional Chinese death beliefs, which mostly consisted of superstitious thoughts, are related to death anxiety. However, other studies have shown that superstitions may help people cope with uncertainty and, therefore, reduce uncertainty-induced anxiety. The role of superstitions, whether related to heightened death anxiety or reduced death anxiety, is unclear. This study attempted to address the knowledge gap by examining the relationships among superstitions and Chinese death beliefs on death anxiety in the Chinese context. One hundred twenty-four undergraduates in Hong Kong completed measures of superstition (R-PBS), death anxiety (MFODS), and Chinese death beliefs scale. Superstition was found to be predictor of death anxiety, as expected. With superstitions highly prevalent in Chinese societies, the study has practical implications in end-of-life care, bereavement support, and death education in the Chinese context.

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Does Superstition Help? A Study of the Role of Superstitions and Death Beliefs on Death Anxiety Amongst Chinese Undergraduates in Hong Kong

Wong

2012

Omega (Westport)

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“…Instead, counselors should review occupational and social consequences, as well as future goals of returning to college. Next, counselors should explore religious values and life‐after‐death beliefs with students, because religion can have a positive influence on coping (Balk, ; Dezutter et al, ; Hossain & Siddique, ), although not always (Power & Smith, ). Counselors should be aware of possible discrepancies between personal and institutional values that may result in feelings of estrangement, which are likely to complicate students’ grief if avenues of social support are not found.…”

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Understanding Bereavement in a Christian University: A Qualitative Exploration

Walker

Gewecke

Cupit

et al. 2014

J of College Counseling

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This phenomenological study, based on ecological systems theory, examined the college student bereavement experience in a Christian university. Undergraduate students (N = 127) from a small Christian university provided answers to open‐ended questions about their experiences regarding college following a death loss. Results indicate that students are generally successful in adapting to bereavement and prefer an environment open to discussing death and asking difficult religious questions. Implications for counselors are provided.

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“…Some authors suggest that it may have negative consequences on mental health and well-being (Iverach, Menzies, and Menzies 2014). Finally, religious people report fear of death either more (Power and Smith 2008) or less (Daaleman and Dobbs 2010) than non-religious people, depending on a number of context factors, namely religious involvement (Jong and Halberstadt 2016) and religious affiliation (Abdel-Khalek, Lester, Maltby, and Tomás Sábado 2009;Ellis, Wahab, and Ratnasingan 2013).…”

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Lay people’s conceptualizations regarding what determines fear of death

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We explored the determinants of fear of death from lay people's perspective. Two hundred French participants aged 18-83 were presented with 48 realistic stories that depicted a terminally-ill older patient, and assessed the probable level of the patient's fear of death in each case. The stories were composed according to a five within-subject factor design: (a) whether the person believes in God or not, (b) whether social support is available or not, (c) the level of the person's life accomplishment (low, intermediate or high), (d) whether unresolved conflicts with family members still persist or not, and (e) whether the person's end of life wishes will be respected or not. Three different positions were found. Nine percent of participants expressed a Not Much Fear position; their ratings were always low. Sixty-three percent expressed a Depends on Circumstances positions; their ratings predominantly varied as a function of two factors: respect of end of life wishes and unresolved conflicts with family members. Sixteen percent expressed a Fear Always Present position; their ratings were always high. This set of positions suggests that, among lay people, three rival conceptualizations of fear of death may exist: (a) fear of death is a myth, (b) fear of death is an overwhelming phenomenon, and (c) fear of death is an emotional but reasonable response to a more or less stressful situation.

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Predictors of Fear of Death and Self-Mortality: An Atlantic Canadian Perspective

Cited by 22 publications

References 54 publications

Does Superstition Help? A Study of the Role of Superstitions and Death Beliefs on Death Anxiety Amongst Chinese Undergraduates in Hong Kong

Does Superstition Help? A Study of the Role of Superstitions and Death Beliefs on Death Anxiety Amongst Chinese Undergraduates in Hong Kong

Understanding Bereavement in a Christian University: A Qualitative Exploration

Lay people’s conceptualizations regarding what determines fear of death

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