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Death anxiety, self-worth, and exposure to human donor remains: A longitudinal study of Irish medical students.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between death anxiety levels at pre-exposure to human donor remains, post-exposure self-worth, and post-exposure death anxiety levels, among a sample of Irish medical students. A multi-wave prospective study was conducted, using questionnaires adminis...

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Published in:Death Studies Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 875 - 885
Main Authors: Wolf, Jonathan J., McVeigh, Joanne, Vallières, Frédérique, Hyland, Philip, MacLachlan, Malcolm
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2022
Subjects:
Ireland
Self-perception
Anxiety
Death
Dignity
Student attitudes
Dead
Psychology of medical students
Occupational exposure
Questionnaires
Path analysis (Statistics)
Longitudinal method
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between death anxiety levels at pre-exposure to human donor remains, post-exposure self-worth, and post-exposure death anxiety levels, among a sample of Irish medical students. A multi-wave prospective study was conducted, using questionnaires administered at six time-points. Path analysis was used to investigate the effect of pre-exposure death anxiety levels and post-exposure self-worth on post-exposure death anxiety levels. Baseline death anxiety was found to predict post-exposure death anxiety. Furthermore, self-worth at one month of exposure was found to mediate the relationship between pre-exposure death anxiety levels and death anxiety levels at six months.