The present study is aimed at examining the level of death anxiety and the sex-related differences among old-aged Iranian individuals sample to compare the old-aged persons with young college students and to explore the psychometric properties of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) factors in old-aged sample. A sample of 146 volunteer Iranian individuals took part in the study. The mean ag...

OBJECTIVE Cancer is still widely feared and often associated with death. Fatalistic beliefs adversely affect help-seeking for cancer symptoms and engagement in cancer prevention. This study aims to understand middle-aged and older adults' first association with the word "cancer" and their relationship with sociodemographic factors, cancer fear, and cancer information avoidance. METHODS We con...

objective: it seems that emotion regulation strategies and fear of positive evaluation are among psychological components. which play critical role in anxiety disorders. the present study predicted school anxiety based on emotion regulation strategies and fear of positive evaluation in female students in savadkouh iran.  methods: this study is a descriptive-correlative research. a total of 110 ...

It is an old philosophical idea that if the future self is literally different from the current self, one should be less concerned with the death of the future self (Parfit, ). This paper examines the relation between attitudes about death and the self among Hindus, Westerners, and three Buddhist populations (Lay Tibetan, Lay Bhutanese, and monastic Tibetans). Compared with other groups, monast...

Death, illness, and injury are welfare-setbacks. So, too, is the fear of death, illness, and injury., Yet at the level of regulatory practice, a striking asymmetry between the physical and psychological constituents of welfare has emerged. Cost-benefit analysis by the EPA, NHTSA, FDA, OSHA, and other environmental, health, and safety agencies typically includes a quantitative "risk assessment,"...