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

Dadfar, Mahboubeh; Lester, David; Bahrami, Fatemeh

doi:10.1155/2016/2906857

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“…Regarding this correlation, there are no previous studies that have focused on the association between these two variables. Practically, as women express their feelings, positive or negative, more freely than men, studies showed that women had higher death anxiety scores than men . This significant difference corroborates a number of previous reports that showed that fear of death was more expressed by women than by men.…”

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Construction and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale among a representative sample of the Lebanese population

Obeïd

Fares

Haddad³

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Purpose: To describe the generation and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale (LFRC) and factors associated with FRC in a representative sample of the Lebanese population. Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted between January and May 2018, enrolled 568 single community dwelling participants. Results: The scale items converged over a solution of four factors, explaining 50.46% of the variance (Cronbach's α = 0.789). Higher social phobia (β = 0.073) and higher general trust score (β = 0.393) were associated with higher FRC, whereas higher self-esteem (β = −0.275) was associated with lower FRC. Practice Implications: The LFRC-17 is a valid and reliable measure of fear of relationship commitment and a highly efficient tool both for research and clinical practice. It gathers social, physical, and psychological aspects related to gamophobia. K E Y W O R D S commitment, fear, gamophobia, relationship, scale, single Pascale Salameh and Souheil Hallit are last co-authors.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Construction and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale among a representative sample of the Lebanese population

Obeïd

Fares

Haddad³

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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“…9 Cultural variations in conceptualizations of death can explain death anxiety experienced in different ages. 29 Personal factors may affect adaptation to aging. 5,6,18 Role and self-actualisation, physiological and general adaptation levels were poor for females, for those who perceived their health condition to be bad and for those who could not perform daily activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relation of Adaptation Difficulty to Death Anxiety and Depression Among Individuals Living in a Nursing Home

Pınar¹,

Demirel²

2020

Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci

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ging is an irreversible process, and it is anticipated that the elderly population will increase as part of the total population in the future. Indeed, while the elderly population constituted 6.9% of the total population in 2000, they are expected to constitute 19.3% by 2050. 1 In Turkey, the ORİJİNAL ARAŞTIRMA ABS TRACT Objective: This study aims to investigate the relation of adaptation difficulty to death anxiety and depression among individuals living in a nursing home. Material and Methods: The study was conducted with 62 individuals living in a nursing home. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (There were four sub dimensions of interest: role and self-actualisation, interdependence, physiological status, and self-concept), the Death Anxiety Scale, and the Death Depression Scale. Results: The mean Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly, the Death Anxiety Scale and the Death Depression Scale scores were 0.83±0.41, 8.61±2.97 and 9.45±4.25, respectively. There was a weak negative correlation between physiological states and the self-concept scores of the Death Anxiety Scale and the Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly subscales. There were statistically significant differences between the Death Anxiety Scale total scores by gender and educational status, between the Death Anxiety Scale total scores by age, and between the Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly total scores based on gender, educational status, perception of health condition, and ability to perform daily activities (p<0.05). Conclusion: Adaptation in terms of role and self-actualisation were generally negative, while death anxiety and depression were moderate. Death anxiety was most associated with physiological states and self-concepts. Specifically, death anxiety was therefore higher in males and people educated up to high-school and above levels, whereas death depression was higher in those aged from 58 to 70 years.

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“…Future studies should also examine the link between people's conceptualizations of fear of death and specific forms of death representations (Testoni 2015), specific aspects of personal values (Schwartz et al 2012), or particular bioethical beliefs (Stolt, Liss, Svensson, and Ludvigsson 2002). Finally, and as the cultural dimension may strongly influence the ways in which the dilemmas around death and dying are handled, future studies should compare lay people's views regarding fear of death across different religions and cultures; that is among Jews (e.g., Lazar, 2006), Muslims (e.g., Dadfar, Lester, and Bahrami 2016), Taoists (e.g., Zeyrek, and Lester 2009), Hinduists, Buddhists, and Animists, to quote a few.…”

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confidence: 99%

Lay people’s conceptualizations regarding what determines fear of death

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We explored the determinants of fear of death from lay people's perspective. Two hundred French participants aged 18-83 were presented with 48 realistic stories that depicted a terminally-ill older patient, and assessed the probable level of the patient's fear of death in each case. The stories were composed according to a five within-subject factor design: (a) whether the person believes in God or not, (b) whether social support is available or not, (c) the level of the person's life accomplishment (low, intermediate or high), (d) whether unresolved conflicts with family members still persist or not, and (e) whether the person's end of life wishes will be respected or not. Three different positions were found. Nine percent of participants expressed a Not Much Fear position; their ratings were always low. Sixty-three percent expressed a Depends on Circumstances positions; their ratings predominantly varied as a function of two factors: respect of end of life wishes and unresolved conflicts with family members. Sixteen percent expressed a Fear Always Present position; their ratings were always high. This set of positions suggests that, among lay people, three rival conceptualizations of fear of death may exist: (a) fear of death is a myth, (b) fear of death is an overwhelming phenomenon, and (c) fear of death is an emotional but reasonable response to a more or less stressful situation.

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

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Construction and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale among a representative sample of the Lebanese population

Construction and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale among a representative sample of the Lebanese population

The Relation of Adaptation Difficulty to Death Anxiety and Depression Among Individuals Living in a Nursing Home

Lay people’s conceptualizations regarding what determines fear of death

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