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This study investigated the effects of three death anxiety reduction techniques on levels of death anxiety and self-actualization. The three techniques were didactic, experiential and non-conscious, with the methods being compared with each other and with a control group. The results indicate that an experiential format is significantly more effective in reducing death-related fears and enhancing psychological integration than are cognitive or non-conscious methods. Possible reasons for such differential effects are discussed.
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Anxiety/therapy , Attitude to Death , Unconscious, Psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Adult , Anxiety/psychology , Education, Nursing , Fantasy , Female , Humans , Relaxation TherapyABSTRACT
The present study provided normative data applicable to a cortically-impaired adult population on the Spreen-Benton Sentence Repetition Test. Data were presented for decade groups ranging from 20 to 70 years. The current research indicated that intelligence may play a relatively strong role in performance on this test; also, that memory may be involved, but to a lesser degree. It was recommended that patients' intellectual levels be considered when interpreting the results of the Sentence Repetition Test.
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Cerebral Cortex , Language Disorders/diagnosis , Neuropsychological Tests/standards , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aphasia/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Intelligence , Intelligence Tests , Male , Memory , Middle Aged , Psychometrics , Reference ValuesABSTRACT
Explored the relationship between attribution of control and the fear of death in a medical student population. Ss were 50 first-year students at the LSU School of Medicine at New Orleans, with a mean age of 24.7 years. Instruments included the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale. Ss were divided into two groups (internal or external) based upon scores on the Locus of Control Scale, and a one-way analysis of variance was computed between the groups. The dependent variable was level of death anxiety. The results revealed that the internally oriented group obtained a significantly lower mean score on the Death Anxiety Scale when compared to the externally oriented group (F = 2.28, p less than .02). Two additional ANOVAs that used sex and age as the independent variables revealed no significant differences on the death anxiety measure, thus strengthening the apparent relationship between locus of control and fear of death.
