Self-Related+Consequences+of+Death+Fear+and+Death+Denial+by+Cozzolino,+Blackie,+and+Meyers

Cozzolino, Philip J., Laura E. R. Blackie, and Lawrence S. Meyers. "Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial." GSU Database. N.p., 1 July 2014. Web. 15 June 2016.

In the article “Death Fear and Death Denial” the three scholars explore the fear of death in relation to the denial of death. In the article the idea that death is a difficult concept to grasp and accept due to the many grueling events associated with it. However the denial and fear of death can often be contributed to the cultural differences in society. They conducted an experiment in which the participants are put through a series of events to better accept that a person will die in order to see if they can remove the denial of death from the participants. The experiment was a success in term of the fact that after learning more about acceptance of death the participants had a lower level of their denial of death and also fears of it and boosted their overall outlook of life. This article helps contribute to my understanding of the fear of death through psychological experiments. This article contains many factors that help a person better accept the idea of death which explains some of the fears that humans have created themselves about death. The ways to cope with death is through the different testing specifications is also placed in the article.