The Psychometric Parameters of the Farsi Form of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety
Table 2
Factor loadings of the Farsi version of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in Iranian psychiatric outpatients ().
(ASDA) Items
Component
1
2
3
4
(1) I fear death whenever I become ill.
.247
.465
.341
.341
(2) I fear looking at the dead.
.095
.796
.257
−.187
(3) I fear visiting graves.
.112
.182
.857
.001
(4) The possibility of having a surgical operation terrifies me.
.621
.348
.179
−.025
(5) I am afraid of suffering heart attack.
.833
.207
.092
.242
(6) I worry that death deprives me of someone dear to me.
−.068
.666
−.059
.186
(7) I am apprehensive of unknown things after death.
.197
.787
.082
.179
(8) I am afraid of looking at a corpse.
.367
.495
.548
−.103
(9) I fear the torture of the grave.
.216
.638
−.038
.393
(10) I fear getting a serious disease.
.803
.026
.002
.364
(11) Witnessing the burial procedure terrifies me.
.616
.298
.479
.072
(12) I dread walking in graveyards.
.157
−.067
.792
.304
(13) I am preoccupied with thinking about what will happen after death.
.038
.283
.475
.680
(14) I am afraid of sleeping and not waking up again.
.291
.050
.500
.479
(15) The pain accompanying death terrifies me.
.493
.258
−.038
.495
(16) I get upset by witnessing a funeral.
.658
.495
.209
.238
(17) The sight of a dying person frightens me.
.539
.580
.306
−.006
(18) Talking about death upsets me.
.462
.638
.250
.263
(19) I am afraid of getting cancer.
.748
−.157
.302
−.090
(20) I fear death.
.521
.457
.444
.068
Eigenvalue
8.79
2.01
1.64
1.15
% of variance
43.97
10.05
8.21
5.75
% of total variance
67.99
Factor 1 (items: 4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, and 20): fear of lethal disease; Factor 2 (items: 2, 6, 7, 9, 17, and 18): fear of dead people and death fear; Factor 3 (items: 3, 8, 12, and 14): fear of tombs; Factor 4 (item 13): fear of postmortem events.
