A convenient sample of 568 Egyptian female nursing undergraduates (M age =19.5 yr., SD = 1.6) was recruited. Their scores on the Satisfaction with Life Scale were correlated with scores on the Death Anxiety Scale, Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety, Death Depression Scale-Revised, and the Death Obsession Scale. Pearson correlations were significant but small [-.15, -.18, -.14 (p <.01) and -.08 (ns), respectively], indicating their predictive and practical value is negligible.
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