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The Anticipation of Death by Violence
Author(s) -
Mahoney John,
Kyle Diane,
Katz Gary
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1975.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - death anxiety , psychology , personality , trait , clinical psychology , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , locus of control , death certificate , anxiety , developmental psychology , social psychology , cause of death , medicine , psychiatry , disease , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
College students ( n = 172) completed Cattell's personality factor questionnaire, Rotter's locus of control scale, Speilberger's trait anxiety measure, and Sabatini and Kastenbaum's self‐completed death certificate. Comparison of profiles for subjects anticipating sudden violent death (SVD, n = 59) with those anticipating natural death (ND, n = 113) disclosed that the SVD group was characteristically more anxious and socially isolated. A sex‐by‐type of death interaction occurred for locus of control, with SVD females being the most external, suggesting that this group was more likely to “give up” in response to stress. The data support Shneidman's concept of subintentioned death in disclosing that several personality factors may be associated with violent death.