Death Anxiety and Voluntary Passive Euthanasia: Influences of Proximity to Death and Experiences with Death in Important Other Persons.

Devins, Gerald M.

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ERIC Number: EJ223149

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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Death Anxiety and Voluntary Passive Euthanasia: Influences of Proximity to Death and Experiences with Death in Important Other Persons.

Devins, Gerald M.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v47 n2 p301-09 Apr 1979

Identified five sources of death anxiety. Significant relationships were observed between each source and experimental factors. The relationship between death anxiety and attitude toward voluntary passive euthanasia was explored, and a significant correlation was noted among elderly persons. Results were consistent with an idiographic orientation toward death perspective. (Author)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Death, Emotional Experience, Euthanasia, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Older Adults

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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