title: Psychological research on death attitudes: an overview and evaluation.
abstract: One of the most substantial legacies of Herman Feifel was his pioneering research on attitudes toward death and dying in a variety of populations. The authors review the large and multifaceted literature on death anxiety, fear, threat and acceptance, focusing on the attitudes toward death and dying of relevant professional and patient groups, and the relationship of death concern to aging, physical and mental health, religiosity, and terror management strategies. We conclude with several recommendations for improving the conceptual and practical yield of future work in this area.
authors.affiliation: University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. neimeyer@memphis.edu
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Neimeyer
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wittkowski
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Moser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017028:Caregivers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States