The fear of one’s mortality and lack of control over when, how, and where one will die poses great threat. Therefore, in this crisis, PAD may be more appeasing to younger adults who, in their youth deny their future selves, and obtain a greater ability to relieve death anxiety by choosing the time and place of their death. Older adults on the other hand would find reminders of chronic pain and suffering as a crisis instead of death reminders. A 2 X 3 experimental randomize block design will explore younger (18-64) vs. older (65-85) adult’s views on PAD within groups threats of death (mortality salience), vs. threats of pain (chronic arthritis), vs. a neutral control (watching TV). Participants will be randomly assigned to the three different
