I agree that it is too broad. I am painting with too wide a brush with that statement, for that I apologize.
I think like anything, broad strokes overlook individual differences and Western culture (and other culture) is so diverse now that it's difficult (and sometimes controversial) to try to define it.
That being said, there is some research (although admittedly lacking strong empirical footing, although might be able to find it) to back up the assertion that Western cultures are often believed to be more driven by death anxiety than others.
"Although not many studies have empirically made comparisons between cultural groups on variables other than religion, we can extrapolate from these findings that death anxiety will be relatively lower among death affirming societies than among death-denying or death-defying cultures. The United States, and probably most of the societies in the West, is a death-denying/defying society where even the idiom of expression is that of resistance. People vow not to go gently into the good night (Blake, 1988) or conjure images of fighting illness, or fighting the enemy, death (Kalish & Reynolds, 1981). On the other hand, other societies appear to be more accepting of death."
Source: https://www.wwu.edu/culture/gire.htm
That whole site is an interesting read on this topic.
I think like anything, broad strokes overlook individual differences and Western culture (and other culture) is so diverse now that it's difficult (and sometimes controversial) to try to define it.
That being said, there is some research (although admittedly lacking strong empirical footing, although might be able to find it) to back up the assertion that Western cultures are often believed to be more driven by death anxiety than others.
"Although not many studies have empirically made comparisons between cultural groups on variables other than religion, we can extrapolate from these findings that death anxiety will be relatively lower among death affirming societies than among death-denying or death-defying cultures. The United States, and probably most of the societies in the West, is a death-denying/defying society where even the idiom of expression is that of resistance. People vow not to go gently into the good night (Blake, 1988) or conjure images of fighting illness, or fighting the enemy, death (Kalish & Reynolds, 1981). On the other hand, other societies appear to be more accepting of death." Source: https://www.wwu.edu/culture/gire.htm
That whole site is an interesting read on this topic.