Reliability and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Version of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety in an Iranian Middle-Aged Sample
Table 2
Factor loadings of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in Iranian middle-aged population ().
(ASDA) items
Component
1
2
3
4
5
(1) I fear death whenever I because ill.
.655
(2) I fear looking at the dead.
.867
(3) I fear visiting graves.
.670
(4) The possibility of having a surgical operation terrifies me.
.829
(5) I am afraid of suffering heart attack.
.721
(6) I worry that death deprives me of someone dear to me.
.908
(7) I am apprehensive of unknown things after death.
.622
(8) I am afraid of looking at a corpse.
.803
(9) I fear the torture of the grave.
.547
(10) I fear getting a serious disease.
.824
(11) Witnessing the burial procedure terrifies me.
.837
(12) I dread walking in graveyards.
.834
(13) I am preoccupied with thinking about what will happen after death.
.812
(14) I am afraid of sleeping and not waking up again.
.712
(15) The pain accompanying death terrifies me.
.707
(16) I get upset by witnessing a funeral.
.846
(17) The sight of a dying person frightens me.
.644
(18) Talking about death upsets me.
.797
(19) I am afraid of getting cancer.
.857
(20) I fear death.
.505
Eigenvalue
8.10
2.47
1.56
1.30
1.05
% of variance
40.53
12.37
7.79
6.53
5.25
% of total variance
72.49%
Factor 1 (items: 2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, and 20): Fear of death and fear of dead people. Factor 2 (items: 7, 9, 10, 15, and 19): Fear of postmortem events and fear of tombs. Factor 3 (items: 1, 4, and 5): Fear of lethal disease. Factor 4 (items: 13 and 14): Preoccupation with after death, and death fear in sleep. Factor 5 (items: 6): Fear of deprivation of own ones.
