The level of death anxiety resulting from the Corona pandemic, in light of some variables among a sample of Iraqi society

Abstract

The current research aims to know:-

Level of death anxiety resulting from the Corona pandemic in a sample of Iraqi society-

- The significance of the statistical differences in the level of death anxiety resulting from the Corona pandemic in a sample of the ethnic community according to the gender variable (male - female).

- - The significance of the statistical differences in the level of death anxiety resulting from the Corona pandemic in a sample of Iraqi society according to the age variable..

                The sample  of the study  consists of ( 317) individuals  , ( 133) males and ( 185) females , of four  categories of ages , the 1^st  category  includes  ages  less than 20 years old and their number has been  (19)  , the 2^nd category includes  ages  ranging between 21-39 years old  and their number has been ( 205), the 3^rd category includes ages ranging  between 40-59 years old  and their number has been (85),  the 4^th category  includes ages more than 60 years old  and their number has been (8).  Scale of death anxiety  of corona pandemic  has been applied by (  Donald Tambler) (1976), he extracted  the consistence  by the method of (Kronbach) (79) . The researchers have indicated that  there has been a high level of  death anxiety  in the light of  Corona pandemic  and there  have  not been  differences  between the two genders  in the level of  death anxiety . There have been differences  in the  coefficient of the age  among category their ages ranging  between 21-39 years old  in the  level of  death anxiety  of corona pandemic .  The researchers , to complete the current study ,  have reached to  some recommendations and suggestions.