Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of important predictors.
| Type | Average | Variance | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response | |||||
| The thought of my own death frightens me, (My_death_thought_frightens_me), < strongly disagree as −4, Strongly Agree as 4> | Likert | 0.63 | 7.760 | −4 | 4 |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||
| Age, binary predictors, greater than mean (vs. others*), Older (Freq = 341, Percentage = 43%) |
Binary | 0.43 | 0.245 | 0 | 1 |
| Gender, female (vs. male*) Female (Freq = 422, Percentage = 53%) |
Binary | 0.53 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| Marital status, married/committed (vs. others*) Married/committed (Freq = 382, Percentage = 48%) |
Binary | 0.56 | 0.246 | 0 | 1 |
| Supernatural | |||||
| Every human being has a spirit or soul that is separate from the physical body (Human_has_spirit), < strongly disagree as −4, strongly agree as 4> | Likert | 1.93 | 5.895 | −4 | 4 |
| There is some kind of life after death (Life_after_death), < strongly disagree as −4, Strongly Agree as 4> | Likert | 1.68 | 6.274 | −4 | 4 |
| The loss of my consciousness in death scares me (Loss_of_consciousness_scares) | Likert | −0.04 | 8.223 | −4 | 4 |
| Concerned with physical aspects of body | |||||
| Mortuary practices: Cryonics (i.e., freezing your body), not at all Desirable 0– Extremely Desirable as 8 | Likert | 1.28 | 5.146 | 0 | 8 |
| How concerned are you with what happens to your body after you die. (Your_body_after_death) < not at all concerned 0- extremely concerned as 6> | Likert | 2.61 | 4.155 | 0 | 6 |
| Emotions | |||||
| I am scared that death will be the end of me (Scared_death_is_the_end) | Likert | 0.07 | 8.407 | −4 | 4 |
| It upsets me to think that someday I will no longer be in this world, (Upset_no_longer_in_the_world) < Strongly Disagree −4, Strongly Agree 4> |
Likert | 0.33 | 7.922 | −4 | 4 |
| Thinking about being dead fills me with dread (Death_fill_with_dread) < Strongly Disagree −4, Strongly Agree 4> | Likert | 0.122 | 7.748 | −4 | 4 |
| My mortality troubles me (Mortality_trouble_me), < Strongly Disagree −4, Strongly Agree 4> | Likert | −0.146 | 7.970 | −4 | 4 |
| The finality of death is frightening to me (Death_finality_frightening) < Strongly Disagree −4, Strongly Agree 4> | Likert | 0.20 | 8.388 | −4 | 4 |
| I am troubled by the fact that someday I will no longer be alive (Troubled_no_longer_alive) | Likert | 0.23 | 8.084 | −4 | 4 |
| Do you worry about dying? (Death_worry ) 1–8 very much so | Likert | 4.83 | 7.189 | 1 | 8 |
| Emotions in respond to others | |||||
| Do you worry that those you care about may not remember you after your death? (Not_beimg_remembered), 1–8 very much so | Likert | 3.70 | 7.810 | 1 | 8 |
| Does it upset you to think that others may see you suffering when you die? (Others_see_you_suffering), 1–8 very much so | Likert | 5.03 | 7.011 | 1 | 8 |