Stavovi prema smrti i psihičko zdravlje

master's thesis

• Title (english): Death attitudes and psychological health
• Author: Anita Miljak
• Mentor: Nataša Jokić-Begić (mentor)
• Committee member: Meri Tadinac (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dinka Čorkalo Biruški (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-05-14, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Clinical and Health Psychology

Abstract

Stavovi prema smrti su evaluativna i relativno stabilna unutarnja psihološka tendencija. Ovisno o načinu na koji osoba doživljava smrt, stavovi prema smrti dijele se na pet dimenzija; strah od smrti, izbjegavanje razmišljanja o smrti, bijeg od smrti, neutralno prihvaćanje i pristup prihvaćanja. Netolerancija na neizvjesnost kao mjera ličnosti zahvaća opću nesposobnost suočavanja s neizvjesnošću. Jedna od situacija koja je donijela velik stupanj neizvjesnosti u cijelom svijetu bila je pandemija COVID-a-19. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati međuodnos dimenzija stavova prema smrti, simptoma depresije, anksioznosti i stresa, netolerancije na neizvjesnost te zabrinutosti zbog COVID-a-19. U anketnom istraživanju sudjelovalo je 474 sudionika (80.6 % žena) u dobi od 18 do 79 godina. Primijenjeni su psihodijagnostički instrumenti kojima su ispitani stavovi prema smrti, razina izraženosti simptoma depresije, anksioznosti i stresa, razina netolerancije na neizvjesnost i zabrinutosti zbog COVID-a-19. Utvrđeno je da osobe koje imaju veći strah od smrti imaju i više izražene simptome depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa, a ista povezanost je pronađena za osobe koje imaju izraženije stav bijega od smrti. S druge strane, osobe koje imaju izraženiji pristup prihvaćanja izvještavaju o manje izraženim simptomima depresije i stresa. Netolerancija na neizvjesnost posreduje u odnosu straha od smrti i depresivnih i anksioznih simptoma te djelomično posreduje u povezanosti straha od smrti i briga vezanih za COVID-19.

Abstract (english)

Attitudes towards death are an evaluative and relatively stable internal psychological tendency. Depending on the way a person experiences death, attitudes towards death are divided into five dimensions; fear of death, avoidance of thinking about death, escape from death, neutral acceptance and acceptance approach. Intolerance of uncertainty as a measure of personality captures a general inability to cope with uncertainty. One of the situations that brought a great degree of uncertainty throughout the world was the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this research was to examine interrelationship among dimensions of attitudes toward death, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, intolerance of uncertainty, and concerns about COVID-19. 474 participants (80.6% women) between the ages of 18 and 79 took part in the survey. Psychodiagnostic instruments were used to examine attitudes towards death, the level of symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, the level of intolerance to uncertainty and concerns about COVID-19. People who have a greater fear of death have more pronounced symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and the same relationship was found in people who have a more pronounced attitude of escaping death. On the other hand, people who have a more pronounced approach to acceptance report less pronounced symptoms of depression and stress. Intolerance of uncertainty mediates the relationship between fear of death and depressive and anxiety symptoms and partially mediates the relationship between fear of death and concerns about COVID-19.

• Keywords: Ključne riječi: stavovi prema smrti; psihičko zdravlje; netolerancija na neizvjesnost
• Keywords (english): Keywords: attitudes towards death; mental health; intolerance of uncertainty
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:391781
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-05-21 15:45:54