Emergency Service, Nevsehir State Hospital, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Omega (Westport). 2021 Dec;84(2):567-581. doi: 10.1177/0030222820904880. Epub 2020 Feb 9.
This study aimed to investigate anxiety and fear of death created by the consciousness of death in professionals who frequently witness death and to determine variables related to the dimensions of mortality awareness. Data were gathered from 212 health-care employees, primarily those in emergency medicine and intensive care. Variance analysis was used to assess sex and experience groups using the Bonferroni post hoc test. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to determine the predictive relationships. Health-care employees' fear of death decreased with experience. No significant difference was observed between the experience groups in terms of conservatism values such as conformity, tradition, and security in the theory of basic human values. Empathy level was determined to be significantly predictive of the mortality awareness dimensions. These findings indicate a desensitization effect of witnessing the death, contrary to that predicted by the terror management theory.
本研究旨在探讨经常目睹死亡的专业人员因死亡意识而产生的焦虑和对死亡的恐惧，并确定与死亡意识维度相关的变量。数据来自 212 名医护人员，主要是急诊和重症监护室的人员。使用方差分析和 Bonferroni 事后检验评估性别和经验组。使用分层多元回归分析确定预测关系。医护人员对死亡的恐惧随经验的增加而降低。在基本人类价值观理论中的顺从、传统和安全等保守价值观方面，经验组之间没有观察到显著差异。同理心水平被确定为对死亡意识维度有显著的预测性。这些发现表明，与恐怖管理理论预测的相反，目睹死亡会产生脱敏效应。
