Heaven, Hell, and Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide
Author ORCID Identifier
Shane Sharp:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9893-3786
Publication Title
Journal of Health Psychology
ISSN
13591053
E-ISSN
43374
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Using data from the 2007 Baylor Religion Survey, I evaluate whether beliefs in heaven and hell are associated with attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide. I find that those who believe in heaven and those who believe in hell tend to have negative attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide, even when controlling for other religiosity and sociodemographic variables. I also find that the belief in hell mediates the effect of the belief in heaven on attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide, suggesting that the fear of hell, more so than the reward of heaven, may lead people to have negative attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide.
First Page
2475
Last Page
2486
Publication Date
11-1-2020
DOI
10.1177/1359105318800831
PubMed ID
30270658
Keywords
afterlife, heaven, hell, physician-assisted suicide
Recommended Citation
Sharp, Shane, "Heaven, Hell, and Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 362.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niubib/362
Department
Department of Sociology
