Social distance and the dying
- 1 June 1966
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in Community Mental Health Journal
- Vol. 2 (2) , 152-155
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01420690
Abstract
To determine the relative degree of avoidance elicited by the dying, a sample of 203 college students were requested to respond to a social distance scale evaluating 14 ethnic and nonethnic groups. Male subjects indicated basically less avoidance than female subjects, and ethnic groups (e.g. Negro, Mexican-American) were less avoided than the nonethnic groups (e.g. drug addict, dying person, alcoholic). A brief discussion of the problems of mental health workers in their own dealings with the dying is presented.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- THE SOCIAL LOSS OF DYING PATIENTS.1964
- Is Death a Matter of Indifference?The Journal of Psychology, 1957