Death fantasies and future time perspective.
Explored death fantasies of young adults through use of life scripts and future time perspective questionnaires. Results indicated a significantly younger age of death from disease and accident as opposed to natural causes. Type of death fantasied was markedly at variance from health statistics, with most projecting a benign end for themselves (old age).
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013998:Time Perception