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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Fear of death"”.
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The fear of death and the fear of dying: Possible barriers to altruistic behavior
<p>Research in the study of the fear of death and dying and the study of altruism implies that there is a dynamic relationship between the two fields. Rarely, if ever, has a direct connection been made. This study is an effort to further explore the relationship that exists between the fear of …
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Fear and Death in Plato
… that a perfectly virtuous individual will not fear her own death, nor will she fear or grieve the death of a loved one. In Plato's ideal society, citizens are taught not to fear death and are prohibited from public manifestations of grief. It is by no means self-evident, however, that ridding …
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Stress and death attitudes in nurses
… methods are used to investigate stress and death attitudes in nurses from three clinical areas (palliative, psychiatric and general nursing). The work investigates: the experience of stress (reported sources and levels, coping strategies); fear of death (based on Howells et al,, 1986, with …
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A Crypt within a Dystopia
This project is about our social denial of death, the questioning of rationality and utopian ideals, and our fears of modernity. The intimate connection once associated with death has been hidden. In this project the remains of the dead are sacred. Death is brought to the forefront. By …
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Examining the Painful and Provocative Events Scale and Testing the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior in Undergraduates and Cyberbullying Victims
Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Individuals are hypothesized to acquire the capability for suicide through the experiencing of painful and provocative events. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Painful and …
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The Resurrection Of Everyman
In March of 2005 I was a cast member in Mad Cow Theatre's production of the Morality drama Everyman. This classic tale on the condition of human dying is regarding as one of the greatest dramas of the Medieval period and is one of the first plays in the English language to be put into print. This …
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Correlates of Death Anxiety: Self Esteem, Neuroticism and Purpose of Life
… correlation exists between self esteem and death anxiety. It is thought that this finding may be influenced by two main factors, which when controlled for would yield the expected result of a positive relationship. One factor is neuroticism which is related to fear of death and low self …
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Imagens do medo na mídia: uma análise das representações da violência em Natal-RN
Social violence is one of the phenomena of human life that produce effects on the social imaginary as it is in it that are designed conflicting values concerning what is most vital to humans, such as respect for the strength and the fear of death, pleasure trespass for injury and pain, the …
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A Poetic Response to Cancer: Scars, Mortality, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
… mortality chapter, I argue that the isolation of death and burial and the dominant belief in the finality of death increases modern fear of death. This makes patients feel especially isolated when facing death. In the doctor-patient relationship chapter, I argue that the power structure between …
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Using a Narrative Art Therapy Approach to Reduce Depression in Older Adults
… older. Older adults with significant symptoms of depression have roughly 50% higher healthcare cost than those non-depressed seniors</p> <p>The risk factors of depression vary with the individual. Losses such as the death of loved ones and friends may create the risk of social isolation. The …
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Scared to death: an examination of underlying terror following death awareness
… used Galvanic Skin Response and a battery of self-report measures (e.g. negative affect, stress, fear, distress, etc.) to attempt to provide evidence of potential terror. The results were partially confirmatory suggesting that although mortality salience failed to evoke arousal, negative …
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Psychological well-being and the charitable bequest decision
… (Hillier, 2018), yet less than £3 billion of this total was donated from gifts in wills (Smee & Ford, 2018). At present, only 6.3 per cent of people in the UK leave a bequest to charities in their will (Smee & Ford 2019) despite 70 per cent of people supporting a charity during their …
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Os pais e a possibilidade da morte do filho prematuro de risco
… showing how parents deal with the possibility of death when their premature child is hospitalized. Twenty families with children in the neonatal ICU of the Instituto Fernandes Figueira were interviewed The purpose was to verify how parents perceive their babies' hospitalization and the risk of …
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The experience of nurses worked at the covid-19 unit in intermediate hospital Oshakati, Oshana region, Namibia
… health emergency. Nurses, essential members of the COVID-19 patient care team, are facing the majority of the problems brought on by the disease. To enhance the quality of care provided to COVID-19 patients, this study explored the experience of nurses who worked at the COVID-19 unit in …
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Gustav Mahler and psychasthenia : a musical and psychological investigation of the Kinder-Totenlieder
An in-depth study of Gustav Mahler's preoccupation with death was the foundational purpose for this dissertation. The song cycle Kinder-Totenlieder was the main composition examined, however, other works were mentioned to provide further proof of his obsession.The content of Chapter One presents …
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Self-deception at the intersection of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul
… a key component in Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of ressentiment. It also plays a significant role in Paul’s notion of the fall. This thesis explores issues of self-deception in the realm of Nietzsche-Paul discourse. Specifically, Nietzsche’s explication of self-deception inherent in ressentiment …
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Investigating a Potential Function of Belief in a Just World: Providing Purpose in Life as a Pathway to Subjective Well-Being
… 1996). In the current research, I examine two of these functions: to encourage investment in long-term goals (Callan, Shead, & Olson, 2009; Hafer, 2000; Hafer, Bègue, Choma, & Dempsey, 2005) and to reduce fear of death (Hirschberger, 2006; Pyszczynski, Greenberg, & Solomon, 1997). Moreover, I …
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Existential psychology as an ontological groundwork for counseling the elderly
Few institutions for the elderly have counselors of any kind and the question was raised to whom the elderly could seek advice or counsel. A study of the literature confirmed that even though the number of elderly persons was increasing, few counselors, psychologists, or psychiatrists had persons …
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