Death Anxiety in Spain and Five Arab Countries

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
The Mean

The present study compared death anxiety among volunteer undergraduates from Spain and five Arab countries, i.e., Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, and Syria. The Templer Death Anxiety Scale was used in its Spanish and Arabic forms, respectively. The Mean for the Spanish sample was lower than that of their Arabic counterparts in the five countries, whether the subjects were men or women.

Comment on Large Gender Difference on Death Anxiety in Arab Countries

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1186-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer
Keyword(s):  
Gender Difference ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean

The mean difference between men and women on the Death Anxiety Scale as found around the world seems to be higher in Arab countries. It was suggested that this is a function of larger sex-role differences in Arab countries.

The Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety: Some Results from East and West

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester ◽  
John Maltby ◽  
Joaquin Tomás-Sábado
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
The United States ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Per Capita

The twofold objectives of the present study were (a) to examine sex-related differences on the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in seven Arabic and Western countries, and (b) to compare the mean ASDA scores among Arabic samples (Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Syria) with Western samples (Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States). A total sample of 2,978 volunteer undergraduates participated in this study. They resided in their countries of origin and responded to the scale in their respective native-speaking languages. Sex-related differences on the ASDA were statistically significant in all countries (except the United Kingdom), with women having higher mean scores than their male peers. It was found that all the Arab samples, except the Lebanese men, had significantly higher mean ASDA scores than their Western counterparts. These differences might be explained either in the light of higher emotionally responsiveness of the Arab samples, differences in individualism and collectivism and in secularism in the countries, and the lower per capita income in the Arab countries except in Kuwait.

scholarly journals Death Anxiety, Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Form of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety in Iranian Old-Aged Persons

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahboubeh Dadfar ◽  
David Lester ◽  
Fazel Bahrami
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Aged Sample ◽  
The Mean

The present study is aimed at examining the level of death anxiety and the sex-related differences among old-aged Iranian individuals sample to compare the old-aged persons with young college students and to explore the psychometric properties of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) factors in old-aged sample. A sample of 146 volunteer Iranian individuals took part in the study. The mean ages were 68.58 (SD = 7.10), men 68.81 (SD = 7.44) and women 68.28 (SD = 6.76), respectively. The mean score of the ASDA was 51.09 (SD = 20.19). Cronbach’s alpha of the ASDA was found to be high (0.94); and Spearman-Brown coefficient was 0.92. Women had a significantly higher mean total score on the ASDA. Old-aged individuals had a significantly higher mean ASDA total score than younger college students (M age = 25.77). The factor analysis of the ASDA items yielded three factors accounting for 67.88% of the total variance labeled (F1) fear of dead people and tombs; (F2) fear of lethal disease and postmortem events; and (F3) death fear. These factors were highly replicable with previous factors extracted from a middle-aged Kuwaiti sample. On the basis of the present results, there are the following three general conclusions: death anxiety is not significantly correlated with age; the sex-related differences on death anxiety are striking in the Iranian samples; and the ASDA has a highly replicable factor structure among two Iranian and Arab countries.

scholarly journals The Effects of Improving Emotional Intelligence on Death Anxiety in Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-235
Author(s):  
Akram Baghdadi ◽  
◽  
Mohammad Aghajani ◽  
Zohre Sadat ◽  
Neda Mirbagher Ajorpaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction: Death anxiety is one of the main elements in mental health in older adults. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of improving emotional intelligence on death anxiety in older adults in Kashan City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 60 older adults referred to health clinics in Kashan City, Iran, in 2019. The participants were randomly allocated to the control and experimental groups. Before the intervention, a demographics data questionnaire and death anxiety scale was filled out by the two groups. The experimental group received emotional intelligence education in eight sessions (twice a week). The control group received no intervention. The study measures included a demographic checklist and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). Immediately and one month after the intervention, both groups filled out the death anxiety scale again. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests such as t test, the Chi-square, and repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results: The results showed that 22 participants (73.3%) and 17 (56.7%) were in the 61-65 age range in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Based on the Chi-square test, there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding demographical data, including age, gender, marital status, education, and job. The results of repeated-measures ANOVA in the experimental group showed that the mean scores of death anxiety decreased over the 3 time points (P<0.05). Also, the post hoc test showed a significant difference in death anxiety scores at different time points in the experimental group (P<0.05). The t test results showed no statistically significant difference in the mean score of death anxiety before the intervention between the two groups, but at the end of the sessions (P=0.006) and one month after the intervention (P=0.001), this difference was significant. Conclusion: The results indicated that improving emotional intelligence in older adults decreased their death anxiety. It is recommended that nurses use this method to decrease death anxiety in older adults.

The correlation between death anxiety and anxiety in elderly with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Nal ◽  
I. Aydın Avcı ◽  
M. Ayyildiz
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
The Mean

Purpose: This study aims to determine the correlation between death anxiety and anxiety in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Materials and methods: This study has been conducted on the individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were over 65 years. They received outpatient and inpatient treatment at a hospital. 171 elderly persons that were determined via power analysis were included in the research. Data was collected using a survey form, Death Anxiety Scale, State Anxiety Scale, and Trait anxiety scale. We used the following test statistics: t-test, ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis Variance Analysis, and Pearson Correlation Test analysis. Results: 66.1 percent (113) of the participants are male and 33.9%(58) female; mean age is 726.83. The mean death anxiety score of the participants is 9.044.02. The mean State Anxiety score of elderly individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is 44.81.29; the trait anxiety mean score is 48.851.13. In those chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, we found a significant (p<0.001) correlation between state and trait anxiety, and that the latter two are high in cases where death anxiety is high. Conclusion: We found that death anxiety and anxiety are high in patients with COPD.

Death, Anxiety, and Depression: A Comparison between Egyptian, Kuwaiti, and Lebanese Undergraduates

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Death Depression

Three samples of male and female undergraduates were recruited from Egypt ( N=208), Kuwait ( N=215), and Lebanon ( N=228). The Death Anxiety Scale, Death Depression Scale, Trait Anxiety Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory were administered to participants in small group sessions in each country. Alpha reliabilities of the four scales in the three nations ranged from almost satisfactory to high levels. In death anxiety, Lebanese subjects had significantly the lowest mean score. As for death depression in males, Kuwaitis attained the highest mean score, while the Lebanese had the lowest. In females, Egyptians and Kuwaitis had the highest mean death depression scores, while the Lebanese attained the lowest. Regarding the trait anxiety, female Egyptians had the highest mean score, while the Lebanese attained the lowest. The differences between the mean scores of the three nations in the Beck Depression Inventory were not statistically significant. By and large, the gender differences were significant denoting the higher mean scores of females than their male counterparts.

Does War affect Death Anxiety Level? Seven Readings of Measurements (1988–2002) before and after the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Environmental Events

The present study compared death anxiety level in 1988 (i.e., before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990) and six readings in the years 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2002 (i.e., after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991). The total samples for comparison were 2,221 male and female Kuwaiti volunteer undergraduates. The Arabic version of the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) was used with all groups. It was found that all the sex-related differences in the same year of the seven testing occasions were significant. For males, the mean DAS scores after the invasion in 1993, 1995, and 1996 were only significantly higher than that before the invasion. With females, there were a number of fluctuations; however, there was a significant increase of the DAS mean score directly after the invasion in comparison with that before it. By and large, the present findings support the Templer's theory regarding death anxiety as a fluid entity influenced by environmental events, particularly war-related experiences.

Note on Death Anxiety in Spain and Five Arab Countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1239-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Tomás-Sábado ◽  
Juana Gómez-Benito
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Cultural Meaning

Comparison of scores on Templer's Death Anxiety Scale for samples of students in Spain and five Arab countries indicated that, in general, the students in Arab countries scored higher than the Spanish students. Similar results were obtained for other measures of death anxiety. Such differences may be associated with social factors including religiosity, the cultural meaning of death, and quality of life.

scholarly journals Death Anxiety among Handicapped and Normal Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. D. A. Dadhania
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
T Test ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Normal Women

The present study is main aim was to comparative study of death anxiety among handicapped and normal women. The study was conducted on a sample consisted of 90 people out which 45 were handicapped women and 45 normal women in Jamnagar city (Gujarat). Collected data from the women as Death Anxiety scale – by Prof. K. D. Broata. The obtained data were analyzed though „t‟ test to know the mean difference between the two groups handicapped women and normal women. The results show that there is significant difference in the death anxiety level of the normal women and handicapped women.

The Effect of Exercise on Death Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 3217-3219
Author(s):  
Hasan Buğra Ekinci ◽  
Ahmet Yavuz Malli ◽  
Nurcan Demirel ◽  
Cemil Tuğrulhan Şam
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
T Test ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

Aim: This research is planned to identify the effect of exercise on death anxiety in women in the post-menopausal period. Methods: This research is an experiment patterned study (Pre-test/post-test control group model). This model is a two-factor experimental design that shows repetitive measurements (pre-test- post-test) and subjects (experiment-control) in different categories. A total of 36 women voluntarily participated in the study in Erzincan, including 18 women in the experimental group who go through menopause and exercise, and 18 women in the control group who go through menopause and never exercise. The experimental group were given Pilates exercises 3 days a week for 8 weeks, and the control group were asked to preserve their daily lives without regular exercise. In the research, personal information form containing sociodemographic variables of individuals and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) form adapted to Turkish by Akça, Köse (2008) were used as data collection tools. After identifying the distribution characteristics in the analysis of the data, paired t-test was used for in-group comparisons and independence sample t-test was used for intergroup comparisons in order to identify the effectiveness of the exercise program and to discover the difference between the first and last test scores of the groups. Results: In the Death Anxiety Scale, the mean death anxiety score was found to be 8.66 as a result of the pre-test performed in the experimental group. And after the exercise, the mean score was 8.38. Although there was no statistically significant difference, there was a decrease in the death anxiety score averages. The mean pre-exercise death anxiety score of the control group was found to be 8.33. The mean post-exercise score was found to be 8.22. Conclusion: There was no significant effect of 8 weeks of exercise on death anxiety. It is understood that even if exercise has some positive physical and psychological contributions on the subjects during this period, a strong anxiety such as death cannot be eliminated in such a short time. Keywords: Exercise, Death Anxiety, Menopause

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