Validation of the Farsi version of the Death Obsession Scale among nurses

Abstract

Objectives Obsession is one of the important aspects in death distress. The objective of this study was to estimate the reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Farsi version of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS). Methods A convenience sample of 106 Iranian nurses from two hospitals at Tehran city, Iran was recruited. They completed the DOS, Death Concern Scale, Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale, Death Anxiety Scale, Reasons for Death Fear Scale, and Death Depression Scale. Results Cronbach's α for the DOS was 0.95, and 2-week test-retest reliability was 0.74. The DOS correlated 0.48, 0.46, 0.47, 0.39 and 0.44 with the last mentioned scales, respectively ( P < 0.01), indicating good construct and criterion-related validity. Principle components analysis of the DOS identified three factors accounted for 74.82% of the variance. Factor 1 labeled “Death rumination” (34.78% of the variance), Factor 2 labeled “Death dominance” (29.65% of the variance), and Factor 3 labeled “Death idea repetition” (10.38% of the variance). Conclusions The DOS has good validity and reliability, and it could be recommended for use in clinical and research settings to assess the death obsession in Iranian nurses.

Death distress constructs: A preliminary empirical examination of the Farsi form in nurses: A brief note

“…Total scores can range from 15–75. High reliability and validity has been reported for the DOS (see Abdel‐Khalek, 1998, 2000; Abdel‐Khalek, Al‐Arja, & Abdalla, 2006; Abdel‐Khalek & Lester, 2003; Dadfar, Abdel‐Khalek, & Lester, 2018; Maltby & Day, 2000b; Mohammadzadeh, Asgharnejad Farid, & Ashouri, 2009; Moripe & Mashegoane, 2013; Rajabi, 2009; Tomas‐Sabado & Gomez‐Benito, 2003).…”

Death depression in Egyptian clinical and non‐clinical groups

“…Cronbach a coefficients ranged from 0.83–0.89 in three Arab Egyptian, Kuwaiti and Lebanonese samples (Abdel‐Khalek, 2002a), indicating good internal consistency. Good psychometric properties have also been reported for the Farsi version of the DDS with Iranian samples (see Aghazadeh, Mohammadzadeh, & Rezaie, 2014; Dadfar & Lester, in press, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020a, 2020b; Dadfar, Abdel‐Khalek, & Lester, 2018; Dadfar, Abdel‐Khalek, Lester, & Atef Vahid, 2017; Dadfar, Lester, & Abdel‐Khalek, 2018; Dadfar, Lester, Asgharnejad Farid, Atef Vahid, & Birashk, 2014, 2017; Mohammadzadeh, Rezaei, & Aghazadeh, 2016).…”

The effectiveness of 8A model death education on the reduction of death depression: A preliminary study

“…Death depression is associated with death distress and death anxiety (Chibnall, Videen, Duckro, & Miller, ; Lester, ). Significant correlations have been reported between death depression and death anxiety (Almostadi, ; Dadfar, Abdel‐Khalek, & Lester, , ; Dadfar, & Lester, , , , ; Dadfar, Lester, & Abdel‐Khalek, ; Tomás‐Sábado & Gómez‐Benito, ), also between death depression, death anxiety, death obsession and reasons for fearing death (Abdel‐Khalek, , , , ; Abdel‐Khalek, Dadfar, & Lester, in submission; Ayyad, ; Dadfar, Abdel‐Khalek, & Lester, ; Dadfar, & Lester, ; Dadfar et al, ).…”