Wisdom as the Mediator in the Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Attitude Toward Death

The goal of the presented research was to investigate if wisdom plays a mediating role in the relationships between meaning in life and the attitude toward death in the period of middle and late adulthood. A study was carried out that included 567 persons aged 40 to 75 years. Three measures were use...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2021-05, Vol.83 (1), p.3-32
Main Authors: Brudek, Paweł, Sekowski, Marcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Attitudes
Avoidance behavior
Death & dying
Meaning
Wisdom
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Summary:The goal of the presented research was to investigate if wisdom plays a mediating role in the relationships between meaning in life and the attitude toward death in the period of middle and late adulthood. A study was carried out that included 567 persons aged 40 to 75 years. Three measures were used: Personal Meaning Profile, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, and Death Attitude Profile-Revised. The conducted analyses allowed the authors to confirm the mediating role of wisdom in the relationships between meaning in life and fear of death as well as death avoidance in persons during the period of middle and late adulthood.
ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
DOI:10.1177/0030222819837778