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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Death--Psychological aspects"”.
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Scared to death: an examination of underlying terror following death awareness
According to Terror Management Theory, when mortality is made salient the potential to experience terror causes powerful worldview defenses to manifest to suppress this potential. Recently, however, the theory has been criticized because no actual evidence has been found to show this potential to …
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COUNSELOR EFFECTIVENESS: RELATIONSHIP TO DEATH ANXIETY AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABLED PERSONS
… study was to examine the relationships among death anxiety, attitudes toward disabled persons and counselor effectiveness. The subjects of this study were 50 masters degree students at The University of Arizona. All subjects were volunteers and were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counseling …
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The experience of losing One's own father in the pre-school years : a phenomenological study
… children under the age of 7 have experienced the death of a parent in South Africa. Whilst this loss is considered to pose a risk for future development, the existing studies lack clarity as to how this experience acts upon the adult throughout life. To this end, this inquiry attempts to capture …
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An Examination of Death Salience: A Component in the Death Anxiety Model
… theoretical approaches in the assessment of death anxiety and death attitudes for patients diagnosed with a potentially life threatening illness, such as cancer. This illness experience forces patients to contemplate their mortality. The present study employed a portion of the Death Anxiety …
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The impact of the death of a child on the parent's marriage: a case study of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the parent's marital relationship
The death of a child is a devastating psychological event for the child's parents. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the death of a child on the parent's marital relationship. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants in the United States. …
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Violent video games and aggressive behavior: mortality salience and the hostile attribution bias
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A daughter's mother dies : a case study
… span of daughters who experienced their mothers' death up to the onset of puberty. Following a theoretical review on the subject, a single case study was taken up as a method of research utilising an unstructured interview as a tool by which to gather the relevant data. The results from the …
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Effects of a Combined Didactic and Experiential Death Education/Empathy Training Program on Death Anxiety and Empathic Ability of Medical Students
… Students' personal anxieties and fear of death may lessen and their empathic interpersonal skills increase with formal academic preparation This study examined the effects of a death education course which included empathic communication skills training specifically related to interaction …
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