Reasons for Living: A Brief Report

Authors

Anees A. Sheikh, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

4 p.

Publication Date

2013

Publisher

Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Source Publication

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Source ISSN

0276-2366

Original Item ID

doi: 10.2190/IC.33.3.e

Abstract

Participants in death imagery workshops and in the psychology of death and dying classes were instructed to imagine that the Supreme Being confronts them with the ultimatum: Give me three good reasons why I should allow you to continue living, otherwise your life will end now. An overwhelming majority of the reasons offered by the participants fell into three categories: Love and positive interpersonal relationships, realizing one's potentials, and appreciation of beauty.

Comments

Imagination, Cognition and Personality, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2013/2014): 285-288. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Sheikh, Anees A., "Reasons for Living: A Brief Report" (2013). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 136.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/136