Perceptions of Religious Believers’ and Nonbelievers’ Level of Death Anxiety

Among college students (N = 308), religious believers (those expressing belief in a god or gods) rated atheists as having a higher level of death anxiety than nonbelievers’ self-report. Nonbelievers’ perception of religious people’s death anxiety matched believers’ self-report. Self-reported levels of death anxiety for believers and nonbelievers were comparable.