Attitudes Toward Death Scale Test

Understand how you relate to death and what it means to you in about 3 minutes. Use this 13 item check-in to guide support in therapy, crisis work, and meaning-focused goals.

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October 2, 2025

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6/26

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Measures how developed and accepting a person’s attitude toward death is, from unresolved fear to conscious acceptance.

Low acceptance

Moderate acceptance

High acceptance

0 – 16: Low acceptance | 17 – 21: Moderate acceptance | 22 – 26: High acceptance

A score of 6 falls in the Low acceptance range, suggesting death-related concerns may feel less processed and could be harder to discuss openly.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Grief and loss processing

41%OF USERS

People dealing with a recent death or ongoing grief take it to understand their feelings, fears, and sense of meaning after loss.

Anxiety and existential worry

34%OF USERS

People who often think about mortality or feel death-related anxiety use it to clarify whether they avoid the topic, fear it, or accept it.

Therapy and counseling clients

25%OF USERS

People already in psychotherapy or counseling take it to help their psychologist tailor support around motivation, values, and crisis resilience.

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It screens general beliefs, emotional reactions, and openness to discussing death. Results describe patterns such as fear, avoidance, acceptance, or meaning-focused views.

How long does it take and what is the format?

Completion typically takes about 3 minutes. It includes 13 brief items answered in a single sitting.

How should responses be selected?

Choose the option that best reflects typical thoughts and feelings rather than an ideal response. Answer based on the most recent few months unless an item clearly refers to general beliefs.

What do the results mean?

Scores provide an approximate profile of attitudes and comfort level with the topic. They are not a diagnosis and should be interpreted with other clinical information when used in care settings.

Who can use the results and for what purposes?

Results can support clinical screening, psychotherapy planning, crisis assessment, and educational work on meaning and values. They may help identify topics that warrant further discussion or follow-up evaluation.

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Attitudes Toward Death Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

attitude toward death

This brief self-report measure assesses an individual’s attitudes and emotional responses related to death and dying. The Attitudes Toward Death Scale is intended to support clinical case formulation by characterizing themes such as acceptance, anxiety, and avoidance in relation to mortality.

Developed by H. M. Feifel, it includes 13 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. Results from the Attitudes Toward Death Scale are generally interpreted in the context of the respondent’s presenting concerns and clinical history, particularly when working with grief, existential distress, or crisis-related presentations.

Author: H. M. Feifel

Literature: Neimeyer, R. A. Death anxiety handbook: Research, instrumentation, and application. Taylor & Francis. 1994.

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