Death Anxiety Handbook: Research, Instrumentation, And Application

Robert A. Neimeyer

I: Theoretical Overview; 1: Death Anxiety in Adult Life— Theoretical Perspectives; II: Research Instruments; 2: A Revised Death Anxiety Scale; 3: The Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale; II: The Threat Index and Related Methods; 5: Validity and Reliability of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale; 6: Death Attitude Profile—Revised: A Multidimensional Measure of Attitudes Toward Death; 7: Death Competency: Bugen's Coping with Death Scale and Death Self-Efficacy; III: Applications; 8: Reduced Death Threat in Near-Death Experiencers; 9: Death Threat, Parental Loss, and Interpersonal Style: A Personal Construct Investigation; 10: Death Depression and Death Anxiety in HIV-Infected Males; 11: Death Concern and Attitudes Toward the Elderly in Nursing Home Personnel; 12: Psychological Defenses Against Death Anxiety; 13: Changing Death Attitudes Through Death Education; IV: Conclusion; 14: Death Attitudes in Adult Life: A Closing Coda