The mediating role of sense of belonging on the relationship of social support and death anxiety

• Main Authors: Ramirez, Martin Dominique P., Roces, Marta Sabrina G., Romero, Lourdes Sumico A., San Diego, Marie Antoinette M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Belonging (Social psychology); Anxiety
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8005
• Institution: De La Salle University

Social support has been proven to have a significant effect on people with death anxiety as it decreases their levels. However, it is still unknown to which mechanism of social support contributes to this effect. Close relationships are considered to be fundamental need that influences human behavior. Having a strong interpersonal relationship is also one of the factors that help mitigate the thoughts of death since positive relationships is the sense of belonging, the belongingness hypothesis states that human beings have the need to create and sustain a strong, positive, and significant relationship with other people. Thus, this study focuses on determining whether or not the sense of belonging has a significant mediating effect on social support and death anxiety. The researchers used convenience sampling to collect data and have conducted an online survey which was posted on several social media platforms. Moreover, the participants of the study were limited to Filipino citizens of legal age with no other restrictions.