The stress bias in mental health reporting: Death anxiety biases
                        mental health self-assessments amongst deployed soldiers.

Russell, Dale W.; Russell, Cristel Antonia

doi:10.1037/ser0000391

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“…Similarly, several other studies report that the death of a family member in icts signi cant psychological tension on the other members of the family and relatives (13,24,25). Thus, it is necessary that healthcare providers, especially psychologists and psychiatric nurses, identify the negative thoughts of the families of the victims and take steps to protect them from rumination, catastrophizing, and emotional shock toward improving the psychological health of the society (13,25,26).…”

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The Mental Health Crises of the Families of COVID-19 Victims: A Qualitative Study

Mohammadi

Oshvandi

Shamsaei

et al. 2020

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Background: The bereaved families of COVID-19 victims are among the most vulnerable social groups in the COVID-19 pandemic. This highly infectious and contagious disease has afflicted these families with numerous psychological crises which have not been studied much yet. The present study is an attempt at investigating the psychological challenges and issues which the families of COVID-19 victims are faced with. The present study aims to identify the Mental Health crises which the families of COVID-19 deceased victims are going through.Methods: A qualitative research, the present study uses a conventional content analysis design. The participants were 16 members of the families of COVID-19 victims selected from medical centers in Iran from February to May 2020 via purposeful sampling. Sampling continued to the point of data saturation Data were collected via semi-structured individual interviews conducted online. The collected data were analyzed according to the conventional qualitative content analysis approach.Results: Analyses of the data yielded two main themes—emotional shock and fear of the future—with nine categories. Conclusion: The families of COVID-19 deceased victims are affected by various psychological crises which have exposed them to a deep sense of loss and emotional shock. In addition, the instability in the family following the loss of a family member and job insecurity due to the COVID crisis have caused them to be very worried about the future. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a cultural context which recognizes and supports all the various aspects of the mental health of these families.

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The Mental Health Crises of the Families of COVID-19 Victims: A Qualitative Study

Mohammadi

Oshvandi

Shamsaei

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“…Death anxiety has been found to have a significant negative effect on mental health 40 . Death anxiety was also found to negatively influence the assessment of one’s mental health in a sample of deployed soldiers 41 and to be a strong predictor of mental disorders 42 . Death anxiety has been shown to have significant positive correlations with depression and anxiety symptoms 43 and post-traumatic stress disorder 44 .…”

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Death anxiety as mediator of relationship between renunciation of desire and mental health as predicted by Nonself Theory

Kuo

Chang

Lin

et al. 2022

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In the present paper, we report two studies examining the relationships among renunciation of desires, death anxiety, and mental health. In the first study, we constructed the Desire Questionnaire (DQ), which measures success in renouncing certain desire. The DQ has satisfactory psychometric properties. In the second study, 501 adults from a Chinese society ranging in age from 17 to 84 years (M = 35.58, SD = 14.76) completed the DQ, the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), and the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ), which measures mental health and the presence of psychiatric symptoms. As predicted, DQ had significant negative correlations with both DAS (p < 0.05) and CHQ (p < 0.01). DAS had a significant positive correlation with CHQ (p < 0.01). In the linear mediation model, DAS was found to partially mediate the relationship between DQ and CHQ (β = − 0.18, p < 0.001). These results suggest that the negative effect of poor control of desires on mental health can be partially accounted for by death anxiety. These findings imply that training in eliminating desires can be a successful strategy to improve mental health. These results also support the Nonself Theory as a theory of death anxiety and show its relevance to the relationship between nonself and mental health.

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“…It is an existential concern which often occurs after a traumatic event (Lo et al, 2017) and has been associated with increased severity of PTSD (Hamama-Raz et al, 2016) and terrorism catastrophising in victims of terrorism (Doak & Katsikitis, 2018). Death anxiety is also associated with PTSD in victims exposed to, for example, technological disasters (Chung et al, 2005), war (Russell & Russell, 2019), HIV (Safren et al, 2003), and near-death experiences (Hoelterhoff & Chung, 2017). Death anxiety is a transdiagnostic construct that affects not only PTSD symptoms but also co-morbid psychiatric disorders (Chung et al, 2005; Hoelterhoff & Chung, 2017; Menzies et al, 2019; Russell & Russell, 2019).…”

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“…Death anxiety is also associated with PTSD in victims exposed to, for example, technological disasters (Chung et al, 2005), war (Russell & Russell, 2019), HIV (Safren et al, 2003), and near-death experiences (Hoelterhoff & Chung, 2017). Death anxiety is a transdiagnostic construct that affects not only PTSD symptoms but also co-morbid psychiatric disorders (Chung et al, 2005; Hoelterhoff & Chung, 2017; Menzies et al, 2019; Russell & Russell, 2019).…”

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The Impact of Death Anxiety, Meaning and Coping on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity Among Iraqi Civilians Exposed to a Car Bomb Attack A Latent Class Analysis

Chung

Freh

2021

J Interpers Violence

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Much has been documented that the experience of a bombing is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity. Whether the co-existing relationship between death anxiety, meaning in life and coping styles would influence the aforementioned association is unknown. The present study aimed to identify latent classes of victims with different levels of death anxiety, meaning in life and coping styles, and to examine whether the severity of PTSD and co-morbid psychiatric symptoms differed between classes. One hundred and eighty-five victims who had experienced the first car bombing completed a demographic page, the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnosis Scale, General Health Questionnaire-28, Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire and Coping Responses Inventory. The results showed that 82% and 18% of the victims met the criteria for PTSD and no-PTSD, respectively. Four classes of victims were identified: Class 1 victims were approach copers with low levels of death anxiety and meaning. Class 2 victims were minimal copers with high levels of death anxiety and meaning. Class 3 victims were approach copers with a high level of death anxiety and meaning. Class 4 victims were avoidance copers with high levels of death anxiety. Individuals in Class 1 reported significantly lower levels of PTSD and psychiatric co-morbidity than the other three classes. Class 3 victims also reported significantly lower levels of psychiatric co-morbidity than Class 2 victims. To conclude, victims exposed to a car bombing were likely to exhibit posttraumatic stress symptoms in addition to other psychological symptoms. The severity of these symptoms tended to be lower among those who had little fear of death, did not search for meaning in life and approached their distress proactively.

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The stress bias in mental health reporting: Death anxiety biases mental health self-assessments amongst deployed soldiers.

Cited by 7 publications

References 56 publications

The Mental Health Crises of the Families of COVID-19 Victims: A Qualitative Study

The Mental Health Crises of the Families of COVID-19 Victims: A Qualitative Study

Death anxiety as mediator of relationship between renunciation of desire and mental health as predicted by Nonself Theory

The Impact of Death Anxiety, Meaning and Coping on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity Among Iraqi Civilians Exposed to a Car Bomb Attack A Latent Class Analysis

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