Citation

Hervé C, Alaphilippe D, Bailly N, Joulain M. Psychol. Stud. (Mysore) 2010; 55(4): 308-312.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12646-010-0031-4

PMID

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the fears of elderly people, the structure of these fears, and the relationship between categories of fear and age. Six categories of fear were identified by content analysis of the transcripts of semi-structured interviews: (1) Loss/Bereavement and decline/declining health, (2) Fear for descendants, (3) Environment/Politics, (4) Incidents/Mishaps and Accidents, (5) Suffering and Death and (6) Stranger/the Supernatural.

FINDINGS suggest that fears can be categorized by themes that may have different significance. Three of these themes--Incidents and Accidents, Suffering and Death and Stranger--correspond to fears for oneself, while the other three--Loss and Decline, Descendants and Environment/Politics--correspond to fears for others.

Language: en