Spitzenstätter Daniel, Schnell Tatjana
Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo, Norway.
Death Stud. 2022;46(5):1031-1041. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1848944. Epub 2020 Dec 24.
A cross-sectional survey to investigate relationships between coronavirus anxiety, individual death attitudes, and personal worldview was conducted among 202 German-speaking adults in Central Europe. Results indicated that death anxiety significantly predicts coronavirus anxiety beyond sociodemographic variables. Women reported higher coronavirus anxiety than men. Against expectations, dimensions of personal worldview were hardly related to coronavirus anxiety. In contrast, we found evidence for a curvilinear relationship between religiosity as well as atheism and negative death attitudes. Our study contributes to recent discussions about death anxiety as a transdiagnostic factor in psychopathology and yields important implications for psychosocial support in the current pandemic.
在中欧对202名说德语的成年人进行了一项横断面调查，以研究冠状病毒焦虑、个人死亡态度和个人世界观之间的关系。结果表明，除社会人口统计学变量外，死亡焦虑显著预测冠状病毒焦虑。女性报告的冠状病毒焦虑高于男性。与预期相反，个人世界观的维度与冠状病毒焦虑几乎没有关系。相比之下，我们发现宗教信仰以及无神论与消极死亡态度之间存在曲线关系的证据。我们的研究为最近关于死亡焦虑作为精神病理学中的一个跨诊断因素的讨论做出了贡献，并对当前大流行中的心理社会支持产生了重要影响。
