Table 2.
Factor loadings of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in Iranian middle-aged population (N = 55).
| (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.