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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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The Influence of Gender and Personality on Fear of Death and Death Acceptance among Young Adults

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2005, v.24 no.2, pp.11-36


& (2005). The Influence of Gender and Personality on Fear of Death and Death Acceptance among Young Adults. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 24(2), 11-36.
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Abstract

The present study investigated the influence of gender and personality variables on fear of death and death acceptance among young adults. In Study 1, using a sample of 82 male and 101 female college students, the sex differences in death fear and death acceptance were examined. As the result, women tended to report significantly more death acceptance than men while men showed more fear of death than women. In Study 2, using a sample of 57 male and 104 female college students, the influence of demographics, personality variables, and subjective well-being indices on fear of death and death acceptance were investigated. Findings from a series of hierarchical regression analyses that were conducted separately for fear of death and death acceptance show that personality variables including self-esteem, psychological adaptation, and neuroticism are significantly stronger predictors of death fears than are demographics while gender, living arrangements, and religiosity being the most potent predictors of death acceptance among young adults. The implications and suggestions for further research were discussed.

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fear of death, death acceptance, gender, personality variables, demographics, religiosity, 죽음공포, 죽음수용, 성차, 성격 변인, 주관적 안녕감, 종교성, 죽음관련 태도

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