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Peer reviewedSolomon, Mark I. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1982
Investigated the relationship between stigma and potentially stigmatizing events by interviewing 90 people bereaved by suicide. Some (N=28) felt stigmatized; 62 subjects did not. Stigmatized respondents were significantly more likely to have encountered gossip and to have had a negative reaction to the conduct of police officials. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Case Studies, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMartin, Thomas O. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1982
Studied death anxiety in a sample of 210 Canadian nurses. Analysis indicated a significant inverse relationship between social desirability and death anxiety denial. No other significant relationships were found between social desirability and remaining Death Anxiety Scale factors. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Attitudes, Death
Peer reviewedBoldt, Menno – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1982
Investigated attitudes toward suicide and death across two intrafamilial generations to better understand possible causal factors underlying increasing suicide rates among the young. Findings indicate support for the hypothesis that the youthful generation holds more "accepting" attitudes toward suicide and death than does the parental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Behavior Standards, Death
