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Rumination, Death Anxiety and Coping among Students after Terrorist Attacks in Universities
Authors: Tahreem Zia and *Naeem Aslam
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The present study examined the relationship between rumination
patterns, death anxiety, and coping strategies among university
students. Data of N=304 students (male n = 163 and female n= 141)
was taken from different departments of Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad, Pakistan. Rumination was measured by using Event Related
Rumination Inventory (ERRI). Brief Cope Scale was used to assess the
coping strategies and Death anxiety was measured by using Templer’s
Death Anxiety Scale - Extended (DAS-E). Results showed that death
anxiety was positively associated with intrusive and deliberate
rumination. Moreover, death anxiety was positively associated with
self-distraction coping, denial coping, instrumental support, emotional
support, behavior disengagement, religion, and self-blame coping,
whereas, it was negatively associated with active coping and
acceptance coping. In addition, both intrusive and deliberate rumination
were positively associated with the self-distraction, active coping,
denial coping, instrumental support, emotional support, behavior
disengagement, venting, positive reframing, planning, humor,
acceptance, religious coping, whereas, self-blame coping was
positively associated with intrusive rumination only not with the
deliberate rumination. In addition, age was positively associated with
deliberate rumination, problems solving coping. Female students scored
significantly high on death anxiety, whereas, male students
significantly scored high on deliberate rumination. Furthermore, male
students scored significantly high on substance abuse coping and
avoidance copings strategies whereas, female students scored
significantly high on religious coping strategies. Utilization of the
convenient sampling methodology and use of self-report measures were
the main limitations of this study.