Cancer is one of the most common diseases in the world. One of the important psychological factors in these patients is a death anxiety. So this study aimed to investigate death anxiety in patients with cancer in Kermanshah. In this cross-sectional study that was performed on 101 patients with cancer that referred to the oncology department of Imam Reza Hospital, we used Templer Death Anxiety a...

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 confir...

Background and Objectives: Euthanasia is one of the major challenges in philosophical, medical, ethical, legal, and religious circles that has fueled many debates. The aim of this study was to investigate prediction of students' attitudes toward euthanasia using their religious orientation, self-esteem, and death anxiety. Methods: The samples of this descriptive-correlational study were 247 st...

Objectives: The present research was carried out to explore the perceived impact of terrorist attacks in terms of dread, lack of control and extent of exposure in death anxiety. It was also intended to explore the moderating effect of resilient attributes, and religious beliefs were investigated. Methods: Sample consisted of 359 students (directly perceived =159, and in-directly perceived =20...

This descriptive study was performed to determine levels of the death anxiety levels of relatives of patients who being treated in a public hospital located in the Asian side of Istanbul and influencing factors. The sample was 106 patient relatives of patients from oncology or chemotherapy units of the hospital. Data were collected between May-June 2011 with the 15-item Death Anxiety Scale deve...