A cross-cultural comparison of death anxiety: A brief note

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Lester, David ^a,b   Templer, Donald I ^b   Abdel Khalek, Ahmed ^b  

^a CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

^b Kuwait University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548427045     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/W644-8645-6685-358V     Document Type: Article

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