Alvarado K A, Templer D I, Bresler C, Thomas-Dobson S
California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno.
J Clin Psychol. 1995 Mar;51(2):202-4. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199503)51:2<202::aid-jclp2270510209>3.0.co;2-m.
The present research explored the relationship of religious variables to death anxiety and death depression in 200 persons from the general population in what is apparently the first study to correlate religious variables with death depression. Persons with lower death depression had greater strength of conviction, greater belief in afterlife, and were less likely to say that the most important aspect of religion is that it offers the possibility of life after death. Persons with less death anxiety were found to have greater strength of conviction. The findings were discussed in relationship to previous research that has suggested that religious belief is associated more closely with death anxiety level than is religious practice.
本研究调查了200名普通人群中宗教变量与死亡焦虑和死亡抑郁之间的关系，这显然是第一项将宗教变量与死亡抑郁相关联的研究。死亡抑郁程度较低的人信念更强，对来世的信仰更强，并且不太可能认为宗教最重要的方面是它提供了死后重生的可能性。研究发现，死亡焦虑程度较低的人信念更强。这些发现是根据之前的研究进行讨论的，之前的研究表明，宗教信仰与死亡焦虑水平的关联比宗教实践更为密切。
