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Associations Among Aspects of Meaning in Life and Death Anxiety in Young Adults
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This investigation explored the relationship between two aspects of meaning in life, presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life, and the fear of death and dying in young adults. A community sample of participants (N = 168) completed measures of meaning in life and death anxiety. A multivariate analysis of variance was performed using the search for meaning and presence of meaning as independent variables and fear of death and dying as dependent variables. Results indicated that only the search for meaning in life was significantly associated with fear of dying and death in young adults.
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“Lyke indicated that meaning in life can significantly and negatively predict fear of death among young people [21].”
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- Authors
- Lyke, J.
- Affiliations
- Stockton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lyke, Jennifer
- Venue
- Death Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 471-482
- ISSN
- 0748-1187 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-7683
- OpenAlex
- W1965136077
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 4.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Death Studies (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- meaning in life, search for meaning, presence of meaning, fear of death, dying, young adults, existential concerns
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Attitude to Death, Cross-Sectional Studies, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, United States, Multivariate Analysis, Young Adult
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