The Romani cultural minority living in Spain has cultural values and beliefs, religious/spiritual expressions and a particular vision of death. The relationship between these aspects and health is unknown. A sample of 150 people responded to a socio-demographic questionnaire and well-being measures of religious/spiritual experience, paranormal beliefs and fear of death. Age, a negative sense of life, fear of the death of others, being a woman and having low paranormal beliefs have a negative impact on health. Results allow for extending the relationships found in the general population to the Romani population as well. The novelty is that, in the latter, paranormal beliefs protect against disease. Additionally, fear of the death of others damages health more than fear of one’s own death. These results make sense in the context of the Romani culture and religion. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Romani Fear of death Women Gypsy Paranormal beliefs Spirituality Health

attitude to death minority group human sex difference middle aged health status ethnology religion Humans migrant psychology Minority Groups male Emigrants and Immigrants Spain female Socioeconomic Factors Roma socioeconomics Religion and Psychology cultural factor Spirituality Romani (people) adult age Sex Factors Age Factors Cultural Characteristics Fear