Validity and Reliability of the Farsi Version of the Death Anxiety Scale With Nurses

The present study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in an Iranian middle-aged sample. A sample of 55 volunteer Iranian persons took part in the study. Cronbach’s alpha of the ASDA was found to be high (0.91) and Spearman-Brown and Guttman Split-Half coefficients were 0.86. The factor analysis of the ASDA items yielded five factors accounting for 72.49% of the total variance and labeled (F1) fear of death and fear of dead people; (F2) fear of postmortem events and fear of tombs; (F3) fear of lethal disease; (F4) preoccupation with after death, and death fear in sleep; and (F5) fear of deprivation of own ones. The ASDA has a good validity and reliability, and it can be used in clinical, educational, and research settings.

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Psychometric Properties of the Death Anxiety Scale-Extended among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.1177/0030222817733220 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 380-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hamid Sharif Nia ◽

Saeed Pahlevan Sharif ◽

Gerald P. Koocher ◽

Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh ◽

Ali Akbar Haghdoost ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Renal Disease ◽

End Stage Renal Disease ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Stage Renal Disease ◽

End Stage

This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Death Anxiety Scale-Extended (DAS-E). A total of 507 patients with end-stage renal disease completed the DAS-E. The factor structure of the scale was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis with an oblique rotation and confirmatory factor analysis. The content and construct validity of the DAS-E were assessed. Average variance extracted, maximum shared squared variance, and average shared squared variance were estimated to assess discriminant and convergent validity. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α = .839 and .831), composite reliability (CR = .845 and .832), Theta (θ = .893 and .867), and McDonald Omega (Ω = .796 and .743). The analysis indicated a two-factor solution. Reliability and discriminant validity of the factors was established. Findings revealed that the present scale was a valid and reliable instrument that can be used in assessment of death anxiety in Iranian patients with end-stage renal disease.

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Validity and Reliability of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE)

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000209 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 145-151

Author(s):

Mahshid Foroughan ◽

Zahra Jafari ◽

Ida Ghaemmagham Farahani ◽

Vahid Rashedi

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Elderly Population ◽

Formal Education ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cognitive State ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Internal Reliability ◽

Dsm Iv ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Farsi Version

Abstract. This study examines the psychometric properties of the IQCODE and its applicability in the Iranian elderly population. A group of 95 elderly patients with at least 4 years of formal education who fulfilled the criteria of DSM-IV-TR for dementia were examined by the MMSE and the AMTs. The Farsi version of the IQCODE was subsequently administered to their primary caregivers. Results showed a significant correlation ( p = .01) between the score of the questionnaire and the results of the MMSE ( r = −0.647) and AMTs ( r = −0.641). A high internal reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α = 0.927) and test-retest reliability by correlation coefficient ( r = 0.81). This study found that the IQCODE has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used for evaluating the cognitive state in the elderly population of Iran.

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Death Anxiety Scale

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t06813-000 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Bernard Spilka

Keyword(s):

Death Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Scale

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PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPANISH FORM OF TEMPLER'S DEATH ANXIETY SCALE

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.91.8.1116-1120 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 91 (8) ◽

pp. 1116 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JOAQUIN TOMAS-SABADO

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Scale

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What are the validity and reliability of the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale‐Short Form in children less than 2 years old?

Pediatric Anesthesia ◽

10.1111/pan.13536 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 137-143

Author(s):

Anne Y.R. Kühlmann ◽

Nisson Lahdo ◽

Lonneke M. Staals ◽

Monique Dijk

Keyword(s):

Short Form ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Preoperative Anxiety ◽

Validity And Reliability

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Death Anxiety and Sexual Fantasy

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/p943-lxbt-upkd-ep34 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 117-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Robert A. Mednick

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Sexual Fantasy ◽

Sexual Fantasies ◽

Male And Female ◽

Group I ◽

Group Ii

Degree of death anxiety as a function of the frequencies of sexual fantasy was examined. Two groups of volunteer male and female graduate students were administered the Livingston-Zimet “Death Anxiety Scale” (DAS). The ninety-eight members of group I were asked to extemporaneously self-estimate the frequency of sexual fantasies per month, while the thirty-six in group II made actual daily counts of sexual fantasies with the use of wrist counters. Both groups I and II were individually divided into three subgroups as to “high,” “moderate,” and “low” death anxiety by rank-ordered scores on the DAS. Sexual fantasies were examined in three fantasy conditions: “Daydream,” “masturbatory,” and “during sex relations.” Findings from both groups I and II supported the hypothesis that those having “high” and “low” death anxiety will have more frequent sexual fantasies than “moderate” death anxious subjects.

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Some Reliability and Validity Considerations on Australian Data from the Death Anxiety Scale

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/6375-5prm-h81r-4b0d ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 293-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

W. G. Warren ◽

P. N. Chopra

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Central Tendency ◽

Australian Context ◽

Do So

Data derived from an administration of the Death Anxiety Scale [1] to Australian samples is analyzed with a view to providing comparative cross-cultural observations as well as some indication of realiability and validity in the Australian context. Measures of central tendency and dispersion and sex differences were found to be comparable with other surveys of similar groups to those of the present study. The Scale does not appear to suffer from acquisence set, is internally reliable and groups that would be expected to score lower than others, do so – providing some indication of construct validity. The Scale is not “factorially-pure,” however, and at least three “sub-scales” can be identified. These sub-scales are analyzed and discussed.

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