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Lonetto, Richard; And Others – Essence, 1976
Male (N=67) and female (N=83) students filled out the Do-It-Yourself Death Certificate (DIYDC), Handal and Templer death concern scales, and a Death Personification Exercise (DPE). Males and females who saw death as being sexless showed less anxiety about death. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Cultural Awareness
Goldstein, Alan M. – Essence, 1976
Adjustment of patients with a serious medical condition to psychological stress accompanying their disorder was investigated. Long-term hemodialysis patients (N=22) and 24 patients in recovery stages of minor medical problems were experimental and control subjects. A significant relationship was found between denial and external locus of control…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Denial (Psychology), Individual Differences
Vachon, M. L. S.; And Others – Essence, 1976
This paper presents preliminary data on 100 subjects of the first longitudinal study of Canadian widows. Widows have more psychological problems than a comparison group of women under treatment for breast cancer. Widows living alone with dependent children report higher stress levels. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cancer, Comparative Analysis, Females
