Death anxiety as mediator of relationship between renunciation of desire and mental health as predicted by Nonself Theory

Abstract In the present paper, we report two studies examining the relationships among renunciation of desires, death anxiety, and mental health. In the first study, we constructed the Desire Questionnaire (DQ), which measures success in renouncing certain desire. The DQ has satisfactory psychometri...

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Main Authors: Yi-Fen Kuo, Yun-Ming Chang, Mei-Fang Lin, Ming-Lung Wu, Yung-Jong Shiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14527-w