Religious correlates of death anxiety among high school students in the rural south

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of several aspects of religiosity to death anxiety among students attending high school in a rural portion of East Alabama. The Death Anxiety Scale and a multidimensional scale of religiosity were completed by 312 students. Data were analyzed using stepwise multiple-regression analysis. Results indicated that six variables—sex, religiosity: the ideological scale, religiosity: the intellectual scale, religious affiliation, born-again status, and race-were significant correlates of death anxiety.