Publication: Afrontamiento del miedo a la muerte
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2018-10-08
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A lo largo de los años, la muerte se ha ido conceptualizando desde diferentes puntos de vista: grandes civilizaciones de la historia de la humanidad, autores, ciencias, la religión, tanatología y logoterapia, etc. En la sociedad de hoy en día, la mayoría de las personas evitan hacer cualquier tipo de comentario que pueda estar relacionado con la finitud de la vida, por lo que las conductas más comunes son de evitación, miedo y ansiedad. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal elaborar un estudio exploratorio sobre el miedo a la muerte, en una muestra de 152 adultos mayores. Se han utilizado los instrumentos de medida: Inventario de Estrategias de Afrontamiento (CSI), Inventario de Sistema de Creencias Revisado (ISC-15r), Perfil Revisado de Actitudes Hacia la Muerte (PAM-R) y la Escala de Miedo a la Muerte (EMMCL); teniendo en cuenta las variables sociodemográficas sexo, edad y nivel de estudios. Los resultados muestran diferencias significativas en función del sexo en el miedo a la muerte propia. Con respecto a la edad, se encontraron diferencias significativas en las estrategias de afrontamiento: REP, EEM, APS y REC. Y en función del nivel de estudios sólo se encontraron diferencias significativas en la estrategia de afrontamiento REP. Se concluye la importancia de contribuir desde la psicología y la pedagogía a cambiar las actitudes negativas, el miedo ante la muerte, garantizando bienestar a las personas que se encuentran en la última etapa de su vida.
Throughout the years, death has been conceptualized from different points of view such as: those of the great civilizations of the history of man, authors, science, religion, thanatology and pedagogy, etc. In today’s society, most people try to avoid making any commentary that could be related to the end of life, and therefore their most common attitudes are avoidance, fear and anxiety. This investigation’s principle objective is to carry out an exploratory study regarding the fear of death based on 152 adult sample respondents. The following measurement tools have been used: Coping Strategy Inventory, Revised Beliefs System Inventory, Revised Profile Regarding Outlooks on Death and Fear of Death Scale; and taken into account the variables such as sex, age and educational levels. The results show significant differences between both sexes when regarding their own death. And depending on the age of the subjects, different coping strategies were seen: REP, EEM, APS and REC. However, taking into account the different educational levels, the only significant differences were found in the coping method REP. In summary, it is important to contribute, through psychology and pedagogy, to change negative attitudes and fear of death, and therefore guarantee well-being to those people who are in the last chapters of their life.
Throughout the years, death has been conceptualized from different points of view such as: those of the great civilizations of the history of man, authors, science, religion, thanatology and pedagogy, etc. In today’s society, most people try to avoid making any commentary that could be related to the end of life, and therefore their most common attitudes are avoidance, fear and anxiety. This investigation’s principle objective is to carry out an exploratory study regarding the fear of death based on 152 adult sample respondents. The following measurement tools have been used: Coping Strategy Inventory, Revised Beliefs System Inventory, Revised Profile Regarding Outlooks on Death and Fear of Death Scale; and taken into account the variables such as sex, age and educational levels. The results show significant differences between both sexes when regarding their own death. And depending on the age of the subjects, different coping strategies were seen: REP, EEM, APS and REC. However, taking into account the different educational levels, the only significant differences were found in the coping method REP. In summary, it is important to contribute, through psychology and pedagogy, to change negative attitudes and fear of death, and therefore guarantee well-being to those people who are in the last chapters of their life.
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Tesis de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Educación, Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, leída el 15-06-2017