Existential Psychobiography: On Death and Dying Across the Life Span. Or How Extraordinary Individuals and Their Environments Deal With the End of Life

Authors

  • Claude-Hélène Mayer Orcid
    Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Paul J. P. Fouché
    Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Abstract

This is the editorial for “Existential Psychobiography: On death and dying across the lifespan. Or how extraordinary individuals and their environments deal with the end of life” which is published in Europe’s Journal of Psychology (EJOP). In this editorial, the editors offer an introduction to the topic on death and dying in psychology and in psychobiography. They then briefly present each of the articles published in this special issue.