This study examined the predictive role of gender and psychological separation in the death anxiety of young adults. A total death anxiety score and eight psychological dependency scores, four for mom and four for dad, were obtained from male and female participants between the ages of 17 and 26 years old. Females were found to have significantly higher total death anxiety than were males. Females also had significantly higher emotional dependency on mom than did males. Regression analysis revealed that gender and emotional dependency on mom account for 14% of the variance in total death anxiety. Additional results with males and females data separated revealed significant correlations between total death anxiety and conflictual dependency/dad and conflictual dependency/mom for females and emotional dependency/dad, emotional dependency/mom, and functional dependency/mom for males. An explanation for the differences in dependencies found between the males and females is given.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unf.edu/oai:digitalcommons.unf.edu:etd-1185 |
| Date | 01 January 2000 |
| Creators | Chelgren, Kimberly DeHate |
| Publisher | UNF Digital Commons |
| Source Sets | University of North Florida |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | UNF Theses and Dissertations |
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