background: dental fear leads to lack of child cooperation. in general, without the patient's cooperation, success in remedy is impossible. this study aimed to evaluate parental view about the origins of the dental fear in children as well as their view about factors contributing to the prevention of child dental fear. methods: this was a cross sectional descriptive and analytical study which w...

BACKGROUND Adults with intellectual disability (ID) are thought to understand less about death than the general population but there is no available research demonstrating this. Further, the detail of any possible differences in understanding is unknown. METHODS We compared the responses of 39 adults with mild or moderate ID and 40 disability staff (representing the general population) on (a)...

Daily the geriatric multidisciplinary staff encounters Death Anxiety (DA), whether in the patient or family member, and its existence impairs the ability to make unbiased decisions. Since children are often intimately involved in the decision making process with or for their elderly parent, the child’s belief in the existence of Death Anxiety in their parents may prevent flow of information, so...

Four studies tested the idea that saving money can buffer death anxiety and constitute a more effective buffer than spending money. Saving can relieve future-related anxiety and provide people with a sense of control over their fate, thereby rendering death thoughts less threatening. Study 1 found that participants primed with both saving and spending reported lower death fear than controls. Sa...