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| Personality and demographic factors in older adults' fear of death | | Author(s) | Victor G Cicirelli |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 5, October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 569-579 |
| Keywords | Death ; Anxiety ; Black people ; White people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Fear of death has been an important influence in many cultures throughout the world, and recent research has advanced the study of fear of death by establishing it as a multidimensional concept. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of psychosocial and demographic variables to older adults' specific fears of death, using a hypothesised path model. Participants were 123 African American and 265 white older people aged 60 to 100; they were assessed on specific fears of death, religiosity, externality, perceived social support, socioeconomic status, age, ethnicity, and gender. Findings revealed that externality, religiosity, and social support had direct effects on fear of the unknown, whereas remaining variables had indirect effects. Externality, religiosity, ethnicity, age, and gender all had direct effects on fear of dying, with the background factors also having indirect effects. Results highlight the need for practitioners to understand and consider older adults' fears. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000118242 A |
| Classmark | CW: ENP: TKE: TKA: 7T |
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