title: Intensity of midlife crisis on responses to the Death Concern Scale.
abstract: The relationships that exist between the intensity of midlife crisis and individual items on Dickstein's (1972) Death Concern Scale were explored. The question of whether the intensity of a crisis could be used to predict responses to items on the scale was also investigated. A group of 235 person, 30-60 years of age, completed the scale. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients indicated relationships for 7 of the 30 items on the scale. Using forced-entry regression, with intensity of crisis as the independent variable and the items on the scale as dependent variables, I found 8 scale items with reportable beta scores of .10 or above. The relationships and predictors reflected cognitive and emotional aspects of death.
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Department, University of Nebraska, Omaha.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Waskel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007063:Identity Crisis; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics