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The Relationship Between Social Intelligence and Death Anxiety Among Elderly People Living in Iranshahr, Iran

Authors: Fatemeh Darban, Reza Karamzehi, Abbas Balouchi, Enayatollah Safarzai, Tahmineh Salehian, Mosayeb Hoseynzehi, Iraj Zareban

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 6/2016

Abstract

Social relationships may influence overall health and death anxiety’s occurrence among elderly people. This study aims to further explore the relationship between social intelligence and death anxiety to increase the understanding of factors influencing the health in elderly populations. 100 elderly subjects living in Iranshahr, Iran, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study to complete Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale and the Tromso Social Intelligence Scale. Social intelligence was found to have a negative relationship with the death anxiety (p > 0/005). The negative relationship between social intelligence and death anxiety suggests further strategies to promote social intelligence in the elderly population.

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Title: The Relationship Between Social Intelligence and Death Anxiety Among Elderly People Living in Iranshahr, Iran
Authors: Fatemeh Darban
Reza Karamzehi
Abbas Balouchi
Enayatollah Safarzai
Tahmineh Salehian
Mosayeb Hoseynzehi
Iraj Zareban
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-016-9637-7

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