Death Anxiety, General Well-Being and Personality among Nurses

Abstract

Present study intended to understand the relationship between death anxiety, general well-being, and personality among nurses. The unrestricted self-selected survey method was used to collect the sample and the study consisted of 150 nurses from various places in Kerala. The death anxiety of the participants was assessed using the Revised Death Anxiety Scale. The participants’ general well-being was assessed using Post Graduate Institute General Well-Being Measure (PGI-GWBM). The personality of the participants was assessed using the Big-Five Inventory. The statistical method such as Karl Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Independent sample t-test was used. The study concluded that death anxiety was negatively correlated with general well-being and as well as it had positive and negative correlations with five dimensions of personality.