Actitud y miedo ante la muerte en adultos mayores

Throughout the years the subject of death has been conceived in different ways. These days, people abstain from talking about it, and a conduct of avoidance can be observed, manifesting itself in fear and anxiety . The purpose of this article is to evaluate the attitude towards, and fear of, death, in a sample of 170 older adults ( X =71,02; DT=5,946) of the city of Cali, Colombia, by means of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R), and the Collet-Lester scale (1969), taking into account the variables of sex, religion and socioeconomic stratum. The results show significant differences relating to sex on the scales of fear of own death, avoidance of death, and acceptance of the onset of death. W ith regard to socioeconomic stratum, significant dif ferences were found on the scales of fear of death and acceptance of its onset, and with regard to religion there are significant differences only in relation to the avoidance of death. It is concluded that a psychology- related contribution is important in improving the processes of adaptation to grief, and reducing the presence pathological grief which occurs in situations which are unexpected and badly prepared, in this case involving older adults

• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali
• Repositorio: Vitela
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:vitela.javerianacali.edu.co:11522/364
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.javerianacali.edu.co/index.php/pensamientopsicologico/article/view/79; https://vitela.javerianacali.edu.co/handle/11522/364
• Palabra clave: actitud ante la muerte; miedo ante la muerte; adulto mayor
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0