title: Relationships of death anxiety and sense of humor.
abstract: The Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale and the Revised Death Anxiety Scale were completed by a sample of 426 persons aged 18 to 90 years. Only slight relationships were found. The strongest correlation was between scores on death anxiety and on coping humor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska, Omaha 68182.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Thorson
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic