Death obsession to ontological well-being mediating role of future anxiety and sleep disturbance: A longitudinal study

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113198

Gamze Ceco, Büşra Kocyigit, Seydi Ahmet Satici

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Abstract

Unlike other creatures, human beings possess the unique awareness of their own mortality. This awareness can lead individuals to develop preoccupations or obsessions with the concept of death. Obsession with death refers to individuals' persistent and recurrent thoughts about mortality. Individuals experiencing this condition may develop a pessimistic outlook towards the future. Such preoccupations can also have a negative impact on sleep quality. In other words, it is suggested that obsessive preoccupation with death may adversely influence ontological well-being by contributing to future anxiety and affecting sleep quality. To investigate these concepts, we collected data from the same participants at three-month intervals utilizing a quasi-longitudinal design. A serial mediation analysis using Model 6 of the PROCESS V4.1 macro for SPSS 26 (Hayes, 2022) with 275 paired data revealed that future anxiety and sleep disturbance played a full mediating role in the relationship between death obsession and ontological well-being. This finding emphasizes the significance of considering these mediating factors for both theoretical models and practical interventions. The findings suggest that individuals with a preoccupation with death may benefit from focusing on their own life projects and receiving psychological support to enhance ontological well-being.

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死亡执念对本体幸福感对未来焦虑和睡眠障碍的中介作用：一项纵向研究

与其他生物不同，人类对自己的死亡有着独特的意识。这种意识会导致个人对死亡的概念产生关注或执念。死亡困扰是指个体对死亡的持续和反复的思考。经历这种情况的人可能会对未来产生悲观的看法。这种专注也会对睡眠质量产生负面影响。换句话说，研究表明，过度关注死亡可能会通过导致未来的焦虑和影响睡眠质量，对本体论幸福感产生不利影响。为了研究这些概念，我们采用准纵向设计，每隔三个月从同一参与者那里收集数据。利用SPSS 26 （Hayes, 2022）的PROCESS V4.1宏模型6对275个配对数据进行的序列中介分析表明，未来焦虑和睡眠障碍在死亡困扰与本体论幸福感之间的关系中发挥了充分的中介作用。这一发现强调了在理论模型和实际干预中考虑这些中介因素的重要性。研究结果表明，关注死亡的个体可能会从关注自己的生活项目和接受心理支持中受益，以增强本体论幸福感。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

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41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.