Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS)
Please read each statement carefully Read each statement carefully. Indicate how you feel about
each statement.
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Very
Mildly Strongly Strongly
Strongly Strongly Mildly
Disagree Disagree Disagree Neutral Disagree Agree Agree
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I am very much afraid to die.
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The thought of death seldom enters my mind.
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It does not make me nervous when people talk
about death.
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I dream to think about having to have an operation.
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I am not at all afraid to die.
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I am not particularly afraid of getting cancer.
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The thought of death never bothers me.
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rapidly.
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I fear dying a painful death.
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10. The subject of life after death troubles me greatly.
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11. I am really scared of having a heart attack.
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12. I often think about how short life really is.
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14. The sigh of a dead body is horrifying to me.
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15. I feel that the future holds nothing for me to fear.
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8. I am often distressed by the way time flies so very
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13. I shudder when I hear people talk about a
World War III.