Relationships Between Personality Characteristics and Death Awareness In A Graduate Student Sample
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https://doi.org/10.65828/3m5jg230Keywords:
Death anxiety, death awareness, personality, neuroticism, Terror ManagementAbstract
We examined relationships between personality characteristics and death awareness in a graduate student sample. 72 students completed a personality measure, ruminated about their death (n = 36) or dental pain (n = 36), and then completed a death-thought accessibility measure. Findings revealed a significant positive association between level of neuroticism and death awareness regardless of whether or not they were primed to think about death. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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