title: Near-death experiences and personal values.
abstract: Near-death experiences reportedly foster value transformations and decrease suicidal ideation. Eighty-nine survivors of near-death experiences judged values related to material and social success as less important than did 175 control subjects. Decathexis of personal failures may account for the reported suicide-inhibiting effect.
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D001290:Attitude; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012945:Social Values; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention