| Title | Contact with the dead, religion, and death anxiety among older Mexican Americans |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Krause, N, Bastida, E |
| Journal | Death StudDeath Stud |
| Volume | 36 |
| Pagination | 932-48 |
| Date Published | Nov-Dec |
| ISBN Number | 0748-1187 (Print)<br/>0748-1187 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 24563948 |
| Keywords | Aged, Aged, 80 and Over, Anxiety/ ethnology, Attitude to Death/ ethnology, Female, Humans, Male, Mexican Americans/ ethnology, Religion and Psychology, United States/ethnology |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to see if contact with the dead is associated with lower death anxiety among older Mexican Americans. The data come from a nationwide survey of older Mexican Americans (N = 1,005). The study model specifies that (a) older Mexican Americans who have experienced contact with the dead are more likely to see the connectedness that exists among all people; (b) seeing that all people are one promotes feelings of grateful to God; (c) gratitude toward God is, in turn, associated with lower death anxiety. The findings support each of these relationships. |
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