Comparison of Death Anxiety in Two Groups Tested during and after (1986 and 1991) the Lebanese Civil War

Abstract

Death anxiety was assessed in two groups, one during the civil war in Lebanon (1986) and one after the cessation (1991). For two samples ( n1 = 673, n2 = 616) of Lebanese male and female secondary school and university students no significant mean between-group (time) differences were found. However, the females had higher mean scores on death anxiety in all comparisons