Death anxiety was assessed in two groups, one during the civil war in Lebanon (1986) and one after the cessation (1991). For two samples (n1 = 673, n2 = 616) of Lebanese male and female secondary school and university students no significant mean between-group (time) differences were found. However, the females had higher mean scores on death anxiety in all comparisons
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