Table 2.
Variable | Statistical index
|
Mean | SD | Min | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimension/subscale | |||||
Death anxiety | Fear of one’s own death | 31.85 | 5.69 | 8 | 42 |
Fear of one’s own dying process | 31.71 | 5.19 | 8 | 40 | |
Fear of other people’s death | 35.13 | 4.06 | 18 | 40 | |
Fear of other people’s dying process | 29.22 | 6.12 | 12 | 40 | |
Total score | 128 | 14.80 | 63 | 160 | |
Perception of aging | Timeline–chronic/cyclical | 11.49 | 3.98 | 3 | 63 |
Positive consequences | 11.00 | 1.59 | 3 | 15 | |
Positive control | 12.38 | 2.09 | 6 | 15 | |
Negative consequences and control | 17.10 | 4.70 | 5 | 25 | |
Emotional representations | 9.20 | 3.77 | 3 | 15 | |
Total score | 63.18 | 8.75 | 32 | 112 |
Abbreviations: B-APQ, Barker’s Brief Aging Perceptions Questionnaire; CL-FODS, Collett–Lester Fear of Death Scale.