01346nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001800118653001500136653001200151653001500163653002000178653002200198100002400220245001800244300001000262490000600272520082200278022001401100020001401114       1997                            d  c01/1997bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10adeath anxiety10aAssessment10aEmotion10aSelf-death10aDeath of others10aCoping strategies1 aJoaquim T. Limonero00aDeath anxiety  a37-480 v33 aThe aims of this study were: a) to analyze death anxiety using the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) of Templer (1970), and, b) to determine whether death anxiety could be modulated by thougths about the own’s death or by previous experiences of seeing someone dying. In order to that, psychological undergraduated students (261 women and 51 men, with a mean age of 21 years) answered the DAS. Results show that higher levels of detah anxiety were found among women, persons with religious beliefs, persons who prefer to die acompanied by their families or friend, and persons who prefer to die having low levels of conscientiousness. People having thougths abouth their own death also experience higher levels of death anxiety. On the other hand, people who have seen somebody dying, experience lower death anxiety levels.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437