Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial

Cozzolino, Philip, J.; Blackie, Laura E.R.; Meyers, Lawrence S.

Abstract

This study explores self-related outcomes (e.g., esteem, self-concept clarity, existential well-being) as a function of the interaction between self-reported levels of death fear and death denial. Consistent with the idea that positive existential growth can come from individuals facing, rather than denying, their mortality (Cozzolino, 2006), the authors observed that not fearing and denying death can bolster important positive components of the self. That is, individuals low in death denial and death fear evidenced an enhanced self that is valued, clearly conceived, efficacious, and that has meaning and purpose. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Citation

Cozzolino, P. J., Blackie, L. E., & Meyers, L. S. (2014). Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial. Death Studies, 38(6), 418-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2013.780110

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 21, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Nov 13, 2013
• Publication Date: Jul 3, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Journal: Death Studies
• Print ISSN: 0748-1187
• Electronic ISSN: 1091-7683
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 418-422
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2013.780110
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/719488
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2013.780110