Honors College Theses

Publication Date

2024

Major

Sociology (B.S.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Adrienne Cohen

Abstract

This research will observe the differences in death anxiety among undergraduate university freshmen and seniors. This study was conducted using a quantitative survey instrument. The Collett-Lester death anxiety scale was used to survey students. The instrument consists of thirty-two Likert scale questions that focused on anxiety levels of death and dying for the respondents and when thinking of others. I asked professors to post a recruitment flyer that I emailed to them on their Folio page, and I also posted these flyers in common areas on the Georgia Southern Campus. Data from freshmen and seniors were collected and analyzed. I hypothesized that seniors had a lower level of death anxiety compared to that of freshmen. The results concluded undergraduate seniors have a lower anxiety than that of undergraduate freshmen.

Thesis Summary

This research will observe the differences in death anxiety among undergraduate university freshmen and seniors. This study was conducted using a quantitative survey instrument. The Collett-Lester death anxiety scale was used to survey students. The instrument consists of thirty-two Likert scale questions that focused on anxiety levels of death and dying for the respondents and when thinking of others. I asked professors to post a recruitment flyer that I emailed to them on their Folio page, and I also posted these flyers in common areas on the Georgia Southern Campus. Data from freshmen and seniors were collected and analyzed. I hypothesized that seniors had a lower level of death anxiety compared to that of freshmen. The results concluded undergraduate seniors have a lower anxiety than that of undergraduate freshmen.

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