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. 2014 Winter;8(4):29-37.

Reliability and validity of the persian version of templer death anxiety scale-extended in veterans of iran-iraq warfare

Hamid Sharif Nia  1 , Abbas Ebadi  2 , Rebecca H Lehto  3 , Batool Mousavi  4 , Hamid Peyrovi  5 , Yiong Huak Chan  6
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Reliability and validity of the persian version of templer death anxiety scale-extended in veterans of iran-iraq warfare

Hamid Sharif Nia et al. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2014 Winter.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Templer Death Anxiety Scale-Extended (DAS-E) in veterans of Iran-Iraq Warfare.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 211 male veterans of Iran-Iraq Warfare completed the 51 item DAS-E. Principal components analysis with varimax rotation was used to assess domain structure of the DAS-E. Internal consistency reliability was assessed with Cronbach's alpha. Test-retest reliability was assessed with intra-class correlation coefficients for absolute agreement for the individual items and domains.

Results: The construct validity of the scale was obtained using exploratory factor analysis that showed four factors with Eigen values of greater than 1 (1, 11 items, α = 0.83; 2, 7 items; α = 0.87; 3, 5 items, α = 0.73; and 4, 4 items, α = 0.75). Test-retest and internal consistency (total alpha) was 0.91 and 0.89, respectively.

Conclusion: The DAS-E demonstrated suitable validity and reliability among the veterans under study. The factor analysis demonstrated that the DAS-E has a multi-dimensional structure. With consideration of the proper psychometric characteristics, this scale can be used to further research about death anxiety in this population.

Keywords: Death Anxiety; Reliability; Templer Death Anxiety Scale; Validity; Veteran.

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Scree plot by principle component analysis of the Death Anxiety Scale-Extended (n = 211)
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