The Relationship Between Alcohol and Substance Addiction and Death Anxiety: A comparative study

Authors : Feride Yüksel Barış, Hakan Coşkunol

Pages : 29-40

Doi:10.56955/bpd.1539543

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Publication Date : 2025-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to examine the relationship between alcohol and drug dependence and death anxiety. To this end, the API short scale, the Abdel-Khalek Death Anxiety Scale and a sociodemographic form were administered to 69 individuals receiving support for substance dependence and 80 individuals who did not consume alcohol or drugs. According to the results, fear of visual stimuli (t=-6.50; p<0.05), fear of other reminders (t=-4.39; p<0.05), fear of death itself (t=-3.09; p<0.05) and death anxiety (t=-3.23; p<0.05) scores showed significant differences between the two groups. Participants who did not use alcohol and drugs had significantly higher fear of visual stimuli, fear of other reminders, fear of death itself and death anxiety scores than participants who received support for alcohol and drug addiction. A positive and significant relationship was found between the Diagnosis subdimension score (r=0.25; p<0.05) and the Addiction Severity Scale score (r=0.26; p<0.05) and fear of the afterlife. The study found a relationship between alcohol and drug addiction and death anxiety, with death anxiety scores being lower in indivi- duals with alcohol and drug dependence.
Keywords : Madde kullanımı, ölüm kaygısı, bağımlılık, alkol, madde