A general factor of death distress in seven clinical and non-clinical groups.
The Arabic Scale of Death anxiety (ASDA), the Death Depression Scale (DDS), and the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) were administered, individually, to 7 groups (n = 765) of Egyptian normal participants (non-clinical), anxiety disorder patients, patients suffering from schizophrenia (males and females), and addicts (males only). They were generally matched as groups according to age, occupation, and education. The intercorrelations between the 3 scales in all 7 groups were significant and positive. A general high-loaded factor of death distress was extracted in all 7 groups. It was the only salient factor, accounting for 50-70% of the common variance.
Abdel-Khalek
Ahmed M
AM
Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 68168 Kaifan, Code No. 71962, Kuwait. ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com
D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003643:Death; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004534:Egypt; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*