Dadfar Mahboubeh, Bahrami Fazel
School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, International Campus, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Islamic Theology and Department of Counseling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2016;2016:9457041. doi: 10.1155/2016/9457041. Epub 2016 Nov 28.
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.
本研究旨在探讨阿拉伯语死亡焦虑量表（ASDA）在伊朗中年样本中的心理测量特性。55名伊朗志愿者参与了该研究。结果发现，ASDA的克朗巴哈系数较高（0.91），斯皮尔曼-布朗系数和古特曼分半系数为0.86。对ASDA项目进行因子分析得出五个因子，占总方差的72.49%，分别标记为（F1）对死亡和死人的恐惧；（F2）对死后事件和坟墓的恐惧；（F3）对致命疾病的恐惧；（F4）对死后的关注以及睡眠中的死亡恐惧；（F5）对亲人离世的恐惧。ASDA具有良好的效度和信度，可用于临床、教育和研究环境。
