Personal meanings of death in older adults and young adults in relation to their fears of death

Death Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 663-683

  Cicirelli, Victor G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEATH; DYING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035181965     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713769896     Document Type: Article

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