Ja. Thorson et al., AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EURO-AMERICAN SAMPLES DIFFER LITTLE IN SCORES ONDEATH ANXIETY, Psychological reports, 83(2), 1998, pp. 623-626
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.