self-concept and its relationship to death anxiety in light of the Covid-19 crisis

Abstract

This situation requires a lot of awareness to determine the dimensions it affected The pandemic is based on the premise that a sound understanding paves the way for intervention and assistance.The self-concept of the individual is the acceptance of a sense of responsibility towards his life, and to be able to employ this in a positive manner. According to Erikson, achieving this means accepting the individual completely with himself and accepting the inevitability of death. As for death anxiety, it is an emotional response that includes subjective feelings of unhappiness and preoccupation based on contemplation or anticipation of any of the many aspects associated with death. As for aging, it is an individual, social phenomenon that has its own needs and requires distinctive methods to help it with physical, mental, psychological and social deficiencies, commensurate with the special social situations. The elderly are important groups in society for many reasons, including what they have previously offered to others, and their possession of experiences and wisdom that many may lack.The current study aimed to identify the following objectives:1- Measuring self-concept in the elderly.2- Measuring death anxiety in the elderly.3- Learn about the relationship between self-concept and death anxiety.In order to achieve the objectives of the current study, the researcher built a measure of self-concept in the elderly. Likewise, the researcher resorted to the use of the death anxiety scale prepared by Abbas’s performance in an unpublished master’s thesis. The final application was carried out on a sample of (250) elderly persons in the governorate of Damascus, from both sexes.The results of the current study reached the following:1. The level of self-concept was low among the elderly.2. The level of death anxiety was high in the elderly.3. There is a significant negative correlation between ego integration and death anxiety in the elderly. The researcher used the descriptive and analytical method, which relies on describing social phenomena, both quantitatively and qualitatively.