A Comparative Study of Death Anxiety Levels and Reflections among University Students

This concurrent mixed-method research study aimed to validate the psychometric properties of Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS) and compare death anxiety reflections 332 university students at English Language Teaching (ELT) Literature (ELL) departments a state in Turkey. The data were collected through TDAS semi-structured interviews. According statistical results, four-factor model was confirmed this study. Also, department gender associated with differences among participants. In light phenomenological analyses interviews, both ELT ELL mostly defined as such infinity, darkness, inception, endlessness, salvation, freedom, annihilation, uncertainty, eternity. As for symbols, participants used events like traffic accident, sudden death, flying, voyage symbolise whereas some states innocence, emptiness, coldness, loneliness death. results offer new perspective terms including different group highlighting changing attitudes towards anxiety. Educational implications are also discussed.