TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Factors associated with death anxiety among rural Chinese older adults: the terror management perspective
JO  - Research on aging
A1  - Pei, Yaolin
A1  - Cong, Zhen
A1  - Silverstein, Merril
A1  - Li, Shuzhuo
A1  - Wu, Bei
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine how the factors suggested by the Terror Management Theory are associated with death anxiety among rural Chinese older  adults. <br><br>METHOD: Data were derived from a longitudinal survey of older adults aged 60  and above, had at least one living child, and were living in rural areas of Anhui  Province. The working sample included 1,362 older adults. Two-level random effects  models were used. <br><br>RESULTS: Children's financial support was negatively related to  death anxiety, whereas emotional closeness with children was positively related to  death anxiety. Older women reported more death anxiety than older men. Functional  limitations were positively associated with death anxiety, and the widowed reported  less death anxiety than the married. We did not find a significant association  between religious belief and death anxiety. <br><br>DISCUSSION: The study highlights the  importance of culture in shaping death anxiety among older adults in rural China.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0164-0275
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0164027520981726
ID  - ref1
ER  -