ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Spiritual Grace Predicts Fewer Thoughts of Death and Less Fear of Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Christina Rush
University of Colorado Denver - Jennifer Boylan
University of Colorado Denver - Jonathan Shaffer
University of Colorado Denver - Kaitlyn Vagnini
University of Colorado Denver - Kevin Masters
University of Colorado Denver
Abstract
Terror management theory suggests people use defensive mechanisms such as spirituality to cope with fear of death. We tested whether grace, a religious construct, predicts thoughts and fear of death at two time points during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grace predicted fewer thoughts and less fear of death at both timepoints.
Religion
