THANATOS-CENTRATION AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS: GENERALIZATIONOF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Abstract

Aim. To present the summarized results of empirical studies conducted over 20 years aimed at the study of Thanatos-centration. Methodology. The research was performed with the diagnostic toolkit including 13 diagnostic tools. Results. 1796 respondents took part in the research. The results of many years of empirical study make it possible to conclude that Thanatos centration happens gradually, as a person grows older. It increases in connection with the death of a close person. Thanatos centering captures the consciousness of people who work professionally with death as a powerful wave. It becomes especially evident among people who survived combat operations. Any information about the tragic events produces and “enlivens” the thanatos-centering at the moment of getting it and in the memories of it. It is fueled by cinematic and television products, that in conjunction leads to the addiction to it. Research implications. The research materials can help psychologists to consult a number of clients that thanatos-centering is practically squeezed out of consciousness and goes into acceptable latent forms, convenient for complacency in situations of well-being in life.

Keywords

• death
• thanatos centering
• heroic
• tragic
• empirical research
• attitudes to death