Death Anxiety as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Levels among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries

Autor/in	Martz, Erin
Titel	Death Anxiety as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Levels among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 28 (2004) 1, S.1-17 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Injuries; Defense Mechanisms; Death; Anxiety; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Predictor Variables; Disabilities; Psychological Patterns; Pain; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abwehrverhalten; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Angst; Prädiktor; Handicap; Behinderung; Schmerz; Bewältigung
Abstract	Because the onset of a spinal cord injury may involve a brush with death and because serious injury and disability can act as a reminder of death, death anxiety was examined as a predictor of posttraumatic stress levels among individuals with disabilities. This cross-sectional study used multiple regression and multivariate multiple regression to examine whether death denial and death awareness predicted posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans and civilians with spinal cord injuries (N = 313). The results indicated that death anxiety (after controlling for demographic and disability-related variables) predicted a significant amount of the total levels of posttraumatic stress reactions among individuals with spinal cord injuries. Further, death awareness, pain level, and spiritual/religious coping significantly predicted the posttraumatic stress clusters of reexperiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal. Death denial significantly predicted only hyperarousal. Because death anxiety predicts various aspects of PTSD reactions, one possible therapeutic implication is that addressing death-related topics may help to reduce PTSD reactions. Further research is needed to better ascertain the possible causality among these variables. (Author).
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