Published: 2024-12-20

Buffers Mitigating Death Anxiety Among Educationally Active Older Adults

dr Marcin Muszyński , dr hab. Artur Fabiś , dr hab. Arkadiusz Tomasz Wąsiński
Family Forum
Section: Varia (o rodzinie)
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/FF/5265

Abstract

The article presents research results on the buffers mitigating death anxiety that educationally active older adults use. The study included 162 older adults attending classes at Universities of the Third Age (U3A). The authors used the Strategies for Confronting the Inevitability of Death Questionnaire. The study aimed to analyze the differences in older adults’ use of buffers to reduce the level of existential anxiety. Statistical analyses revealed significant differences in the use of buffers between older adults with different sociodemographic characteristics; they also revealed differences in the buffers chosen depending on the level of anxiety. Gender differences were examined in the analyses too. The results of the study indicate that gender does not differentiate the choice of strategies for coping with death anxiety.

Keywords:

existential anxiety, existential terror, buffers, death anxiety level, attitude towards death, older adults’ educational activity, University of the Third Age

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Muszyński, M., Fabiś, A., & Wąsiński, A. (2024). Buffers Mitigating Death Anxiety Among Educationally Active Older Adults. Family Forum, 14, 543–561. https://doi.org/10.25167/FF/5265
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