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6 cze 2022 · Studies are being conducted worldwide to investigate the fear of death to gain a better understanding of its associated factors and consequently reduce human suffering. These studies have been employed across a variety of contexts, such as religion, physical health, and quality of life.
1 lis 2014 · Death anxiety is considered to be a basic fear underlying the development and maintenance of numerous psychological conditions. Treatment of transdiagnostic constructs, such as death anxiety, may increase treatment efficacy across a range of disorders.
3 maj 2021 · A growing body of empirical evidence has recognized the important role of the transdiagnostic construct of death anxiety in psychological dysfunction (Iverach et al., 2014). In particular, the role of death fears appear to be most salient in existing understandings of anxiety-related disorders.
We aim to explore the concept of “fear of death” (FOD) or “Thanatophobia” from a physician's perspective. We discuss the nuances to Erik Erickson model, psychophysiology and evidence from literature on factors contributing to FOD, use psychoanalysis to explore a couple of hypothetical examples, provide a glimpse to technological nuance ...
27 cze 2018 · Research using the CLFDS has focused primarily on: (1) how the fear of death and dying varies by sex, age, and occupation, (2) the impact of death education courses, and (3) the psychological correlates of the fear of death.
21 sie 2019 · There has been long-standing interest in the correlates of death anxiety, including in sex differences, age and cohort effects, effects of exposure to death, and relationships with religiosity.
20 lip 2020 · The fear of personal death (FOPD) is defined as an unpleasant emotional experience caused by thinking about one’s own or another person’s death (Nyatanga & de Vocht, 2006 ). It is a consequence of a form of awareness specific to humans that enables them to learn that they are mortal—that their life is limited in time (Yalom, 2008a ).
