Death Anxiety across the Adult Years: An Examination of Age and Gender Effects
Death Anxiety across the Adult Years: An Examination of Age and Gender Effects
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成年时期的死亡焦虑：年龄和性别影响的检验
作者：
R. J. Russac;Colleen Gatliff;M. Reece;Diahann Spottswood
两项研究考察了成年后的死亡焦虑。在第一项研究中，304名年龄在18岁到87岁之间的男性和女性完成了Collett-Lester死亡恐惧量表。死亡焦虑在男性和女性中都在20多岁时达到顶峰，此后显著下降。然而，女性在50多岁时出现了男性没有的第二次高潮。在第二项研究中，113名年龄在18岁到85岁之间的女性完成了坦普尔死亡焦虑量表。在研究1中，死亡焦虑呈现出相同的双峰分布，并随着年龄的增长而显著下降。研究结果表明，应该更多地关注20岁年轻人死亡焦虑增加的原因，以及为什么女性而不是男性在50多岁时经历第二次焦虑激增。
Two studies examined death anxiety across the adult years. In the first study, 304 men and women between 18 and 87 years completed the Collett-Lester Fear of Death scale. Death anxiety peaked in both men and women during their 20s and declined significantly thereafter. However, women displayed a secondary spike during their 50s not seen in men. In the second study, 113 women between 18 and 85 years completed the Templer Death Anxiety Scale. Death anxiety displayed the same bimodal distribution and significant decline with age seen in Study 1. The results suggest that more emphasis should be placed on the cause of increased death anxiety among 20-year-olds and on why women, but not men, experience a second anxiety spike during their 50s.