The Relationship between Death Anxiety and Mental Health/Distress

This study systematically examined the relationship between death anxiety and mental health/distress and controlled for methodological problems present in the literature. Specifically, two measures of death anxiety were used-both had recommended cut-off scores for high death anxiety. Both positive a...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 1991-02, Vol.22 (1), p.13-24
Main Authors: White, William, Handal, Paul J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Anxiety
Death
Death & dying
Death Anxiety
Life Satisfaction
Mental Health
Methodological problems
Psychological distress
Sex Differences
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Summary:This study systematically examined the relationship between death anxiety and mental health/distress and controlled for methodological problems present in the literature. Specifically, two measures of death anxiety were used-both had recommended cut-off scores for high death anxiety. Both positive and negative aspects of adjustment were assessed, and a valid clinically meaningful cut-off score for distress was employed. Results revealed high death-anxious females were statistically and clinically more distressed and were significantly less satisfied with life than low death-anxious females. Similar results were obtained for males on one death-anxiety measure; a similar trend was found on the other measure. Discussion focuses on the interpretation of results.
ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
DOI:10.2190/YBTU-176L-D48C-YQK8