Potential Mediators of the Relationship Between Gender and Death Anxiety
Abstract
Previous research in thanatology (the study of death and dying) has identified a gender difference in death anxiety. However, research focusing on possible variables that may mediate the relationship between gender and death anxiety is lacking. The purpose of this study was to address this literature gap by investigating gender differences in death anxiety and possible variables (i.e., mastery, depression, social desirability) that mediate the relationships between gender and self-reporting of death anxiety in college students. Students (N = 443) from a regional Midwest university were surveyed on their feeling of death anxiety, level of mastery, depressive symptoms, and social desirability. Females reported a greater level of death anxiety than males. A linear regression revealed females reported a greater level of death anxiety than males after controlling for mastery, depression, and social desirability. Implications, limitations, and future research possibilities are discussed.
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Good physical health is associated with lower death anxiety.
“good physical health is associated with lower death anxiety”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
Higher education and socioeconomic status are moderately associated with lower death anxiety.
“higher education and socioeconomic status are moderately associated with lower death anxiety”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
Females typically report higher death anxiety than males.
“females typically report higher death anxiety than males”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
Older people do not typically report higher death anxiety than younger people.
“older people do not typically report higher death anxiety than younger people”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
Higher religious beliefs and practices are not necessarily associated with lower death anxiety.
“higher religious beliefs and practices are not necessarily associated with lower death anxiety”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
More psychological problems are associated with higher levels of death anxiety.
“more psychological problems are associated with higher levels of death anxiety”
From Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct (2014) · cites this paper as Eshbaugh & Henninger, 2013
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- Authors
- Eshbaugh, E., & Henninger, W.
- ORCID
- Henninger, William
- Venue
- Individual Differences Research
- Publisher
- IDRP Ltd Co
- Published
- 2013-03-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 22
- ISSN
- 1541-745X (ISSN-L)
- 2169-3951
- OpenAlex
- W3212963856
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Individual Differences Research (publishedVersion)
- UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- fear of death, gender differences, mediation, mastery, depression, social desirability, university students, thanatology
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