Attitude Toward Death, DAP-R Test - the question form

1. The prospect of my own death arouses anxiety in me.

2. Death should be viewed as a natural, undeniable, and inevitable event.

3. I am upset that everything ends with death.

4. Death provides relief from this terrible world.

5. Whenever the thought of death comes into my mind, I try to distract myself from it.

6. I try not to think about death at all.

7. I believe that heaven will be a much better place than this world.

8. Death is a natural part of life.

9. Death is a reunion with God and eternal blessing.

10. Death promises a new, blissful life.

11. In general, I avoid thinking about death.

12. The fact that death will end everything I know frightens me.

13. I view death as a release from earthly suffering.

14. Death is simply a part of the process of life.

15. I view death as a passage to an eternal and blessed place.

16. I try to avoid dealing with the topic of death.

17. I view death as a release from the burdens of this life.

18. The uncertainty about what will happen after death worries me.