Hiv/Aids Status, Locus Of Control, And Religious Affiliation As Factors In Death Anxiety Among Adults In Nsukka Local Government Area

ABSTRACT

The study investigated HIV/AIDS status, locus of control and religious

affiliation as factors in death anxiety among three hundred and ninety (390)

adults in Nsukka Local Government Area. It was hypothesized that HIV/AIDS

status, locus of control and religious affiliation will not be a significant factor

in death anxiety among adults in Nsukka Local Government Area. Three

instruments were used for data collation in this study: The Death anxiety

scale, Locus of control of behaviour scale, and Religious affiliation scale.

Analysis of variance was used for data analysis and showed HIV/AIDS as a

significant and contributing factor in death anxiety (F (1, 382) = 8.71, p