Death anxiety in older adults: a quantitative review.
This literature review quantitatively summarized 49 published and unpublished research studies concerning the relationship between death anxiety and age, ego integrity, gender, institutionalization, physical and psychological problems, and religiosity in older adults. Results indicated that lower eg...
| Publicado en: | Death Studies Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 387 - 412 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul/Aug99
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