Death Anxiety During COVID-19 and its Related Factors among Chinese Elderly People.
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| Title: | Death Anxiety During COVID-19 and its Related Factors among Chinese Elderly People. |
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| Authors: | Yang, Dengle1 yangdengle@hotmail.com, Xia, Yiyun2 sharon-xiayiyun@foxmail.com, Wu, Wenyuan3 478906857@qq.com, Feng, Yuanming4, Liang, Jingyu5 ljyolive@163.com, Zhang, Jin6 1192700435@qq.com |
| Source: | Omega: Journal of Death & Dying. Aug2025, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p1509-1527. 19p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Psychological adaptation, *COVID-19 pandemic, *Neuroses, Attitudes toward death, Stress management, Interviewing, Questionnaires, Multiple regression analysis, Quarantine, Anxiety in old age, Anxiety testing, Personality, Psychological disengagement, Psychological stress, Fear of death, Psychological vulnerability |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| Abstract: | This study aimed at investigating death anxiety and its related factors in Chinese elderly people during COVID-19. This study totally interviewed 264 participants from four cities in different regions of China. Death anxiety scale (DAS), NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (Neo-FFI) and Brief COPE were scored on the basis of one-on-one interviews. Quarantine experience didn't make significant difference in death anxiety among the elderly; Elderly people with high death anxiety had higher scores of neuroticism, and were more likely to use a Behavior Disengagement coping strategy; Multiple linear regression analysis showed that neuroticism, openness and COVID impact predicted 44.6% of the variance in the death anxiety among elderly people. The results support both theories of vulnerability-stress model and terror management theory (TMT). In the post-epidemic era, we suggest to pay attention to the mental health status of elderly people with personality susceptibility to handling the stress of infection badly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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