Relationship of Fear of Death and Level of Self-Esteem in College Students

Davis, Stephen F.; Martin, Dan A.; Wilee, Cean T.; Voorhees, James W.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1978.42.2.419

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“…More specifically, the women had higher death anxiety scores than did the men. This significant difference corroborates a number of previous reports that have shown that women had higher expressed fear of death than did men (e. g., Buzzanga et al, 1989;Davis, Bremer, Anderson, & TramiU, 1983;Davis, Martin, Wilee, & Voorhees, 1978;Koob & Davis, 1977;Sadowski, Davis, & Loftus-Vergari, 1979;Templer, Lester, & Ruff, 1974;Tramill, Davis, Bremer, Dudeck, & Elsbury, 1982;Tramill, Kleinhammer-Tramill, Davis, Parks, & Alexander, 1984).…”

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The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

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The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

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“…However, the lack of a relation between interpersonal flexibility and death anxiety was surprising and suggests that further research on this clustering of factors is needed. The present data also replicate two previous findings: (1) the negative relationship between self-esteem and death anxiety (Buzzanga, Miller, Peme, Sander, & Davis, 1989;Davis, Martin, Wilee, & Voorhees, 1978), and (2) the display of higher levels of death anxiety by women than by men (Koob & Davis, 1977;Sadowski, Davis, Loftus-Vergari, 1979;Tramill, Kleinhammer-Tramill, Davis, Parks, & Alexander, 1984). The finding that men and women did not differ on level of self-esteem contradicts earlier reports (Davis et al, 1978), but corroborates more recent data (Buzzanga et al, 1989).…”

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Examining relations between interpersonal flexibility, self-esteem, and death anxiety

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The relations between interpersonal flexibility, level of self-esteem, and death anxiety in college students were examined. The results indicated that interpersonal flexibility and self-esteem were positively related, but that interpersonal flexibility and death anxiety were not related to each other in a reliable manner. A significant negative relation was found between self-esteem and death anxiety.Interpersonal flexibility describes the process by which an individual changes behavior according to situational demands that are interpersonal in nature. In other words , one has the capability to adapt one's behavior to meet the interpersonal goals of the moment (Paulhus & Martin , 1987, 1988. This concept can be likened to selfmonitoring-acting either consistently or inconsistently with one's internal traits. A high self-monitoring individual would be expected to possess a high degree of interpersonal flexibility . Conversely, a low self-monitoring individual would be expected to possess a low degree of interpersonal flexibility .The Battery of Interpersonal Capabilities (BIC; Paulhus & Martin, 1987) was developed to measure one's interpersonal capability; it has been linked to job success and business situations. Recent data reported by Hayes and Davis (1993) indicated that while interpersonal flexibility was not related to Type A characteristics, it was negatively related to imposter characteristics.In the present study, we sought to extend the range of applicability of the BIC by evaluating the relations of two additional personality variables, level of self-esteem and death anxiety, with interpersonal flexibility . Because anxiety can be detrimental to interpersonal adaptation, it was hypothesized that death anxiety and interpersonal flexibility would be negatively related. Conversely, high levels of self-esteem should promote increased adaptability (interpersonal flexibility) . Hence, the relation between selfesteem and interpersonal flexibility should be positive. MEmOD SubjectsSixty-four undergraduate students (35 women, 29 men) enrolled at a midwestern state university volunteered to serve as SUbjects. TIle mean age for the female subjects was 20.36 years; that for the male subjects was 19.59 years.Correspondence should be addressed to S. F. Davis, Department of Psychology, Emporia State University, KS 66801-5087 . Testing InstrumentsTIle BIC, Texas Social Behavior Inventory (TSBI; Helmreich & Stapp, 1974), and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS; Templer, 1970) were used to measure interpersonal flexibility, self-esteem, and death anxiety, respectively . The testing instruments and a demographic sheet requesting gender, age, classification, and major were combined to form a selfadministered questionnaire booklet.TIle BIC is a self-report inventory that asks the respondents five questions relating to their perceived capability to exhibit each of 16 different personality traits. Each question is evaluated on a 7-point Likert-type scale (1 = not at all; 7 = very) .The DAS consists of 15 true-false questions and has a ...

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“…Other studies using global measures of fear of death have found that African Americans report higher levels of anxiety than Caucasians across diverse socioeconomic levels (e.g., Dodd & Mills, 1985;Myers, Wass, & Murphey, 1980). However, other research using multiethnic samples has not identified race as a significant predictor of death concerns (e.g., Bengtson et al, 1977;Davis, Martin, Wilee, & Voorhees, 1978). Use of a multidimensional approach to assessing death-related fears could contribute to more precise understanding of the death concerns of particular subgroups of older respondents.…”

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Death Anxiety and Attitudes Towardthe Elderly Among Older Adults: The Role of Gender and Ethnicity

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The article investigated the relationship between death anxiety, attitudes toward older adults, and personal anxiety toward one's own aging in a group of 197 older men and women. As predicted, negative attitudes toward other older adults were predicted by personal anxieties about aging and death, and, more specifically, fear of the unknown. In addition, several distinctive anxieties were noted for particular subgroups of respondents. Older women scored higher on the Fear of the Dead subscale of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS) than did men. Caucasian participants displayed higher Fear of the Dying Process than did older African American participants. Lastly, older African American participants reported higher levels of death anxiety on 3 of the subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (Fear of the Unknown, Fear of Conscious Death, and Fear for the Body after Death) when compared with older Caucasian participants and also tended to accord less social value to the elderly. These findings are interpreted in terms of patterns of socialization, and their implications for end-of-life care preferences are noted.

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Relationship of Fear of Death and Level of Self-Esteem in College Students

Cited by 37 publications

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The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

Examining relations between interpersonal flexibility, self-esteem, and death anxiety

Death Anxiety and Attitudes Towardthe Elderly Among Older Adults: The Role of Gender and Ethnicity

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