Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, belief in the afterlife, death anxiety, and life satisfaction in young Catholics and Protestants

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The religious correlates of death anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018, unknown): “Nor did examining different aspects of religiosity separately make much of a difference, though the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation once again proved important (see also Cohen et al., 2005).”
Fear of Death and Supernatural Beliefs: Developing A New Supernatural Belief Scale to Test the Relationship (2013, background): “Cohen et al. (2005) found that fear of death was negatively related to intrinsic religiosity (i.e. internalized religious belief and practice) but positively related to extrinsic religiosity (i.e. religious practice as a means to other ends).”
Toward an evolutionary social neuroscience of religion (2011, background): “Indeed, there is some evidence that believing in an afterlife is associated with reduced death anxiety (Cohen et al, 2005 ; Swanson & Byrd, 1998 ; cf.”
Gender differences in death anxiety and religious orientation among US high school and college students (2007, methodology): “For example, Cohen et al. (2005a) argued that social motivations for religion are less appropriate than more individualistic motivations in American Protestantism but are perfectly acceptable in Judaism and certain branches of Christianity.”