Death Anxiety Handbook: Research, Instrumentation, And Application

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sommario

I: Theoretical Overview; 1: Death Anxiety in Adult Life— Theoretical Perspectives; II: Research Instruments; 2: A Revised Death Anxiety Scale; 3: The Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale; II: The Threat Index and Related Methods; 5: Validity and Reliability of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale; 6: Death Attitude Profile—Revised: A Multidimensional Measure of Attitudes Toward Death; 7: Death Competency: Bugen's Coping with Death Scale and Death Self-Efficacy; III: Applications; 8: Reduced Death Threat in Near-Death Experiencers; 9: Death Threat, Parental Loss, and Interpersonal Style: A Personal Construct Investigation; 10: Death Depression and Death Anxiety in HIV-Infected Males; 11: Death Concern and Attitudes Toward the Elderly in Nursing Home Personnel; 12: Psychological Defenses Against Death Anxiety; 13: Changing Death Attitudes Through Death Education; IV: Conclusion; 14: Death Attitudes in Adult Life: A Closing Coda

Info autore

Robert A. Neimeyer

Riassunto

Presenting coverage of this area of studies on death and dying, this book provides a systematic presentation of the six most widely used and best validated measures of death anxiety, threat and fear.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Robert A Neimeyer (Editore), Robert A. Neimeyer (Editore), Neimeyer Robert A. (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.1993
• EAN: 9781560322825
• ISBN: 978-1-56032-282-5
• Pagine: 312
• Peso: 589 g
• Serie: Death Education, Aging and Health Care
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Psychotherapy, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying