Form: Death Attitude Profile, DAP-R

1 – Strongly Agree
2 – Agree Moderately
3 – Agree
4 – Undecided
5 – Moderately Disagree
6 – Disagree
7 – Strongly Disagree
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1
Death is no doubt a grim experience.
2
The prospect of my own death arouses anxiety in me.
3
I avoid death thoughts at all costs.
4
I believe that I will be in heaven after I die
5
Death will bring an end to all my troubles
6
Death should be viewed as a natural undeniable, and unavoidable event.
7
I am disturbed by the finality of death.
8
Death is an entrance to a place of ultimate satisfaction.
9
Death provides an escape from this terrible world.
10
Whenever the thought of death enters my mind, I try to push it away.
11
Death is deliverance from pain and suffering.
12
I always try not to think about death.
13
I believe that heaven will be a much better place than this world.
14
Death is a natural aspect of life.
15
Death is a union with God and eternal bliss.
16
Death brings a promise of a new and glorious life.
17
I would neither fear death nor welcome it.
18
I have an intense fear of death.
19
I avoid thinking about death altogether.
20
The subject of life after death troubles me greatly.
21
The fact that death will mean the end of everything as I know it frightens me.
22
I look forward to a reunion with my loved ones after I die.
23
I view death as a relief from earthly suffering.
24
Death is simply a part of the process of life.
25
I see death as a passage to an eternal and blessed place.
26
I try to have nothing to do with the subject of death.
27
Death offers a wonderful release of the soul.
28
One thing that gives me comfort in facing death is my belief in the afterlife.
29
I see death as a relief from the burden of this life.
30
Death is neither good nor bad.
31
I look forward to a life after death.
32
The uncertainty of not knowing what happens after death worries me.

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