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Death Studies Volume 43, 2019 - Issue 1
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Association of sense of coherence and supernatural beliefs with death anxiety and death depression among Romanian cancer patients

Roxana PostolicăRegional Institute of Oncology, Iasi, Romania;Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncogenetics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
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Violeta EneaFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Department of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, RomaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ion DafinoiuFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Department of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
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Iuliana PetrovFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Department of Psychology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
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Doina AzoicăiFaculty of Medicine, Department of Oncogenetics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Pages 9-19 | Published online: 27 Mar 2018
 
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ABSTRACT

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association of supernatural beliefs and sense of coherence with death anxiety and death depression in a Romanian sample of cancer patients. We found support for the terror management theory worldview defence hypothesis postulating the presence of a curvilinear relation between death anxiety and supernatural beliefs among cancer patients. Results conformed to an inverted U-shape quadratic regression, indicating that cancer patients who scored moderately on supernatural beliefs were afraid of death the most, while death anxiety was lowest for the extreme atheists and extreme believers in supernatural entities.

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