Premium
Meanings of death and intrinsic religiosity
Author(s) -
Thorson James A.,
Powell F. C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199007)46:4<379::aid-jclp2270460402>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - religiosity , death anxiety , psychology , fear of death , anxiety , construct (python library) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
The objective of this study was to simplify understandings of relationships between multidimensional elements of the fear of death and dying with a unidimensional construct of intrinsic religiosity. A total of 346 individuals who ranged in age from 18 to 88 completed a death anxiety scale and a measure of intrinsic religious motivation. Respondents who were older and who were higher in intrinsic religiosity were significantly lower in death anxiety. Differing constructions of death and dying are examined.