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Peer reviewedMathews, Robert C.; Mister, Rena D. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
Operationalized Lifton's constructs of symbolic immortality and developed instrument to measure individual's needs for symbolic immortality in Lifton's five modes (biological, religious, nature, creative, experiential) in study which also examined age effects on needs for symbolic immortality and relation between sensation seeking and symbolic…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Death, Individual Needs, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewedDrenovsky, Cynthia K. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Logit results show suddenness of death contributes to likelihood parent will feel anger while anticipatory socialization to death or recency of death decreases odds of feeling anger toward child. All variables decrease likelihood parents will feel desire to punish someone for death of child. (BF)
Descriptors: Anger, Behavior Patterns, Bereavement, Coping
Peer reviewedLester, David – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Implications for suicide prevention efforts are examined. It is concluded that psychiatric treatment of depression and restricting access to lethal methods for suicide are more useful tactics for suicide prevention programs in elderly, and crisis counseling from suicide prevention centers and educational programs are more useful in younger adults.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling, Crisis Intervention, Depression (Psychology)
