Death Anxiety, Depression and Anxiety: An Experimental Study

"This intervention implies giving two prompts to participants, in a written format, while asking them to write out answers to the given prompts. The first prompt is: Please briefly describe the emotions that the thought of your death arouses in you. The second prompt is Jot down, as specifically as you can, what you think will happen to you physically as you die and once you are physically dead."

"This intervention implies giving two prompts to participants, and requesting that participants write out their answers to these prompts. The first prompt is: Please briefly describe the emotions that the thought of dental pain arouses in you. The second prompt is: Jot down, as specifically as you can, what you think happens to you physically as you experience dental pain and once you have physically experienced dental pain."