AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EURO-AMERICAN SAMPLES DIFFER LITTLE IN SCORES ONDEATH ANXIETY

Authors
THORSON JA POWELL FC SAMUEL VT
Citation
Ja. Thorson et al., AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EURO-AMERICAN SAMPLES DIFFER LITTLE IN SCORES ONDEATH ANXIETY, Psychological reports, 83(2), 1998, pp. 623-626
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
83
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
623 - 626
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1998)83:2<623:AAESDL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Samples of 293 students of European heritage and 102 students of Afric an heritage completed the Revised Death Anxiety Scale. Euro-Americans were more concerned with the uncertainty associated with death and wit h the loss of being, while African Americans expressed greater anxiety over the pain associated with dying, but there was no significant mea n difference in total scores for the groups.