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Death Anxiety is Associated With Less Health Behavior for Individuals Low in Action Orientation.

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Title: Death Anxiety is Associated With Less Health Behavior for Individuals Low in Action Orientation.
Authors: Busch, Holger1 (AUTHOR) busch@uni-trier.de, Knudsen, Hanna1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Omega: Journal of Death & Dying. May2026, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p5-19. 15p.
Subject Terms: *Statistical correlation, *Anxiety, *Research, Death & psychology, Mental orientation, Questionnaires, Self-control, Descriptive statistics, Health behavior, Confidence intervals
Geographic Terms: Germany
Abstract: Research has shown that death anxiety relates to less health behavior. The present study proposes that action orientation moderates this association. That is, it is hypothesized that death anxiety and health behavior relate negatively only in individuals low in action orientation. German adults (N = 187; aged 19–86) provided self-reports on health behavior, action orientation, death anxiety, social desirability, and sociodemographics. Analyses yielded a significant moderation effect of action orientation on the link between death anxiety and health behavior over and above significant relationships of action orientation, social desirability, age, and gender, respectively, with health behavior. As hypothesized, a significantly negative association of death anxiety and health behavior was found only given low action orientation but not among high action orientation individuals. This suggests that self-regulation plays a decisive role in whether death anxiety and health behavior relate to each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Research has shown that death anxiety relates to less health behavior. The present study proposes that action orientation moderates this association. That is, it is hypothesized that death anxiety and health behavior relate negatively only in individuals low in action orientation. German adults (N = 187; aged 19–86) provided self-reports on health behavior, action orientation, death anxiety, social desirability, and sociodemographics. Analyses yielded a significant moderation effect of action orientation on the link between death anxiety and health behavior over and above significant relationships of action orientation, social desirability, age, and gender, respectively, with health behavior. As hypothesized, a significantly negative association of death anxiety and health behavior was found only given low action orientation but not among high action orientation individuals. This suggests that self-regulation plays a decisive role in whether death anxiety and health behavior relate to each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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