PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF FEAR OF DEATH ON THE PERSONALITY
Keywords:
fear, death, immortality, psychological impact, personalityAbstract
In the article fear of death is considered as the main driving force of human activity directed and designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, carrying a variety of influences in socio-cultural, personal and psychological dimensions of personality. Negative and positive aspects of the impact of fear of death on the individual are highlighted, according to which a person experiences either destructive personal changes or uses the opportunities offered by the fear of death in the form of resource.
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