摘要：Introduction. Fear of deathis the fear of ending one’s own existence. While a man grows up he/she is aware that his/her life will be ended with death. Nevertheless,the awareness does not reduce the fear. An individual can see, hear, experience. He/she is surrounded by loved people, is determined topursuehis/her goals and death ends it all, it is the absolute end. Therefore, everyone is more or less afraid of it. Aim. The aim of the study is to verify if there are any differences in the level of fear of death among chosen age groupsand what affects and conditions them. Materials and methods. The study involved 60 men divided into two age groups. The first one included 30 men in their early adulthood aged 23 –28. The secondone included30 men in their late adulthood aged 60 and more. The research tools were two questionnaires:FTVS –Fear of death and dying inventory by R. Oschmann and NEO-PI-R Five Factor Model (FFM). Results. Men in their early and late adulthood experience fear of death in similar manner, fear of facing death, fear of mortality, fear of ending one’s existence, fear of physical destruction, fear of life after death and fear of dying process. Personal characteristics relate with fear of death differently in groups of men in early and late adulthood.
关键词：Introduction. Fear of deathis the fear of ending one’s own existence. While a man grows up he/she is aware that his/her life will be ended with death. Nevertheless,the awareness does not reduce the fear. An individual can see, hear, experience. He/she is surrounded by loved people, is determined topursuehis/her goals and death ends it all, it is the absolute end. Therefore, everyone is more or less afraid of it. Aim. The aim of the study is to verify if there are any differences in the level of fear of death among chosen age groupsand what affects and conditions them. Materials and methods. The study involved 60 men divided into two age groups. The first one included 30 men in their early adulthood aged 23 –28. The secondone included30 men in their late adulthood aged 60 and more. The research tools were two questionnaires:FTVS –Fear of death and dying inventory by R. Oschmann and NEO-PI-R Five Factor Model (FFM). Results. Men in their early and late adulthood experience fear of death in similar manner, fear of facing death, fear of mortality, fear of ending one’s existence, fear of physical destruction, fear of life after death and fear of dying process. Personal characteristics relate with fear of death differently in groups of men in early and late adulthood.
