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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Questions: 133 minutes

08:30

October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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6/26

Total Score (TS)

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.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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9.6

Normal range

6 — 13.2

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly disagree
- Completely agree
- Partly agree
- Completely disagree
- Strongly agree
- Partly agree
- Strongly disagree

These are 3 of the 13 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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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.