en P11: Validity and Reliability of Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) in Nurses روانشناسی Psycology پژوهشي Research --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC <p style="text-align: center;">لطفاً به چکیدۀ انگلیسی مراجعه شود.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This study was carried out to determine the psychometric properties of Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), a tool, designed to assess the death anxiety. Our sample comprised 106 nurses who were selected from two hospitals in Tehran, Iran, using a convenience sampling method and were then assessed using the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), Reasons for Death Fear Scale (RDFS), Death Obsession Scale (DOS), Death Concern Scale (DCS), Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (CLFDS), and Death Depression Scale (DDS). The data indicated that the mean scores were 8.27 (SD=2.71). Exploratory factor analysis on DAS identified 4 factors with eigenvalues of greater than one. Factor 1 labeled &ldquo;Absolute death anxiety&rdquo;, Factor 2 labeled &ldquo;Fear of patience and pain, Fear of future&rdquo;, Factor 3 labeled &ldquo;Time passing and short life&rdquo;, and Factor 4 labeled &ldquo;Death related thoughts&rdquo;. Item-total correlations were evaluated; the reliability coefficients of the DAS using Cronbach alpha, split-half, and Gutmann coefficients were 0.60, 0.52, and 0.52, respectively. The DAS correlated 0.50 with the RDFS, 0.47 with the DOS, 0.52 with the DCS, 0.38 with the CLFDS, and 0.50 with the DDS, indicating good construct and criterion-related validity. Concurrent validity for the DAS with the other scales, were significant. The DAS among nurses had appropriate validity, reliability, and psychometric characteristics, factor analysis showed multidimensional structure for the DAS, so the DAS can be used in researches about death and dying issues in healthcare professionals.</p> Death anxiety, Templer death anxiety scale, Psychometrics, Nurses, Iran 34 34 http://shefayekhatam.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-734&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahboubeh Dadfar Mahboubeh Dadfar mahboubehdadfar@yahoo.com 100319475328460010821 100319475328460010821 Yes School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, International Campus, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, International Campus, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran David Lester David Lester 100319475328460010822 100319475328460010822 No Department of Psychology, Stockton University, New Jersey, USA Department of Psychology, Stockton University, New Jersey, USA Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek 100319475328460010823 100319475328460010823 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt