"I'll be Dead Anyway": Investigating Beliefs of Acute Mortality in Young Adults

Poster Session XI

Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: The current study (n = 35, M_age = 22.86) was designed to provide proof for a phenomenon wherein young people believe they will die at an abnormally early age without external cause. The study found proof of the phenomenon's existence and termed it beliefs of acute mortality (BAMs).

• Matthew Traversa (Presenting Author)