Death obsession in Palestinians.

The authors explored death obsession level and correlates among a sample (N = 601) of Palestinians living in the city of Beit Jala, the village of Al-Khader, and the Aida refugee camp in the Bethlehem area. They live in war conditions; the houses of half of them have been demolished. The Death Obses...

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Publicado en:Death Studies Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 203 - 216
Autores principales: Abdel-Khalek AM, Al-Arja NS, Abdalla T
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2006
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        affil: Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 68168 Kaifan, Code No. 71962, Kuwait; ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com
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          Arabs Psychosocial Factors
          Attitude to Death Ethnology
          Behavioral Symptoms Psychosocial Factors
          Adult
          Aged
          Analysis of Variance
          Anxiety Ethnology
          Behavioral Symptoms Ethnology
          Comparative Studies
          Convenience Sample
          Depression Ethnology
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          Female
          Male
          Middle Age
          Middle East
          P-Value
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          Sex Factors
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          Two-Tailed Test
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          Adult: 19-44 years
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      ab: The authors explored death obsession level and correlates among a sample (N = 601) of Palestinians living in the city of Beit Jala, the village of Al-Khader, and the Aida refugee camp in the Bethlehem area. They live in war conditions; the houses of half of them have been demolished. The Death Obsession Scale (DOS) was administered. Its alpha reliability was .92, denoting high internal consistency. Among women, it yielded 1 factor, (General Death Obsession), whereas among men it yielded 3 factors: Death Rumination, Death Dominance, and Death Idea Repetition. Palestinian men and women attained significantly lower DOS mean scores than participants from 4 Arab countries: Egypt, Kuwait, Syria, and Lebanon in 7 out of 8 comparisons. However, Palestinian women had significantly higher DOS mean score than their Spanish, American and British counterparts, whereas Palestinian men had significantly higher mean DOS score than Spanish peers. The low DOS scores of Palestinians, in proportion to other Arab samples, may reflect their adaptation to strife and violence.
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