A General Factor of Death Distress in Seven Clinical and Non-Clinical Groups.

Author: Abdel Khalek, A.

Source:
Death Studies, Nov2004, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p889, 10p
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.