Relationships between religiosity and attitudes towards death and dying in a middle-aged sample |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China;2. Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;3. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Institute of Metrology & Test, Nanning 530007, China;2. Division of Neurosurgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda MD, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland;3. Center for Health Professions Education, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland;5. Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
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| Abstract: | Bivariate relationships between each of five components of (Christian) religiosity and each of six variables covering an individual's attitude towards death and dying were examined in a German sample of 93 men and 93 women aged 45–55 years. Most of the variables were assessed both by questionnaire and by means of interview and subsequent content analytical coding. In men, the fear of other persons' death and dying proved to be consistently negatively associated with various aspects of religiosity whereas in women, the fear of one's own dying was consistently inversely related to religiosity. Agreement with the moral standards of the Roman Catholic Church concerning sexuality and birth control was found to be positively correlated with two aspects of the fear of death and dying in women only. Belief in God showed a positive correlation with an attitude of acceptance towards death and dying in men only. Results are discussed within the context of Eysenck's theory of personality. |
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