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Madnawat, A. V. Singh; Kachhawa, P. Singh – Death Studies, 2007
The present study examines the effect of age, gender, and living circumstances on elderly persons' death anxiety. For this purpose, 299 persons attending public parks (average age = 70 years) were interviewed using the Death Anxiety Survey Schedule, which is a set of 10 questions related to death anxiety from an Indian perspective. Women, those…
Descriptors: Death, Anxiety, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
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Thomas, L. Eugene – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Interviewed Hindu religious renunciates living in Varanasi and Pondicherry, India. Analysis of excerpts from three representative interviews indicated that these men rated as highly mature by Western developmental models, but Western correlates of life satisfaction were not found to hold for these men. Considers implications for Western aging,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Death, Foreign Countries, Interviews