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Peer reviewedGesser, Gina; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
The Death Attitude Profile was developed and four orthogonal factors were identified: Fear of Death/Dying, Approach-Oriented Death Acceptance, Escape-Oriented Death Acceptance, and Neutral Death Acceptance. An elderly sample (N=50) showed less fear of death and more acceptance (all three kinds of acceptance) than did middle aged (N=50) and young…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Attitude Measures
