Why do we fear death? The construction and validation of the reasons for death fear scale

Death Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 669-680

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; OBSESSION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036783650     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180290088365     Document Type: Article

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