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Death anxiety, exposure to death, mortuary preferences, and religiosity in five countries.

ABSTRACT: We present three datasets from a project about the relationship between death anxiety and religiosity. These include data from 1,838 individuals in the United States (n?=?813), Brazil (n?=?800), Russia (n?=?800), the Philippines (n?=?200), South Korea (n?=?200), and Japan (n?=?219). Measures were largely consistent across samples: they include measures of death anxiety, experience of and exposure to death, religious belief, religious behaviour, religious experience, and demographic information. Responses have also been back-translated into English where necessary, though original untranslated data are also included.

SUBMITTER: Jong J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704076 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Death anxiety, exposure to death, mortuary preferences, and religiosity in five countries.

Jong Jonathan J Halberstadt Jamin J Bluemke Matthias M Kavanagh Christopher C Jackson Christopher C

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We present three datasets from a project about the relationship between death anxiety and religiosity. These include data from 1,838 individuals in the United States (n = 813), Brazil (n = 800), Russia (n = 800), the Philippines (n = 200), South Korea (n = 200), and Japan (n = 219). Measures were largely consistent across samples: they include measures of death anxiety, experience of and exposure to death, religious belief, religious behaviour, religious experience, and demographic information. ...[more]

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Death anxiety, exposure to death, mortuary preferences, and religiosity in five countries.

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Death anxiety, exposure to death, mortuary preferences, and religiosity in five countries.

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