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1 - The Effect of Logotherapy Training on Mental Image Of God, Death Anxiety, And Religiousness Among Secondary School Students In Ahvaz City
Iran Amirloo Farah Naderi

  The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of logotherapy training on the mental image of God, death anxiety, and religiousness, among secondary school students in Ahvaz city during the 2015-16 academic year. The statistical sample included 40 More

  The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of logotherapy training on the mental image of God, death anxiety, and religiousness, among secondary school students in Ahvaz city during the 2015-16 academic year. The statistical sample included 40 students whom were selected via random sampling procedure from the mentioned population. This research was experiential with a pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The tools used in this research were: the Lawrence God Image Inventory (1991), The Collett- Lester Death Anxiety Scale (1969), And the Arian Religious Views Questionnaire (1998). After random selection of the members of theexperimental and the control groups, a pre-test was performed on the experimental group (20 people), and the control group (20 people). Then the experimental group was subjected to ten 75 minutes sessions of Logotherapy training. Afterward both groups were tested again. Data was analyzed using the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). Results showed that Logotherapy training had an effect on the mental image of God, death anxiety, and religiousness, among students. And, this effect was stable after a month. Manuscript profile

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2 - Predicting Death Anxiety on The Basis of Emotion Cognitive Regulation Strategies
Abdollah Ghasempour جمال سوره میرتوحید سیدتازه کند

Abstract Emotion cognitive regulation strategies are psychological components that play an important role in anxiety disorders. The purpose of this research was to predict death anxiety on the basis of emotion cognitive regulation strategies in students. In this descri More

Abstract Emotion cognitive regulation strategies are psychological components that play an important role in anxiety disorders. The purpose of this research was to predict death anxiety on the basis of emotion cognitive regulation strategies in students. In this descriptive correlational study, 130 (Male=66, Female=64) undergraduate students from the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili were selected using multistage cluster sampling and filled the questionnaires of emotion cognitive regulation strategies and death anxiety. The data study from the sample was analyzed by the statistical methods of correlation and stepwise regression. Results revealed that between emotion cognitive regulation strategies and death anxiety signification correlated. Of between emotion cognitive regulation strategies positive refocus on planning, catastrophizing, reappraisal, acceptance and rumination were the best predictors of the death anxiety in students (Adj.R2=0/26). The findings indicated that emotion cognitive regulation strategies are important psychological components in prediction of death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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3 - The Effectiveness of Spiritual and Existential Group Therapy on the Rates of Depression, Death anxiety and Afterlife Belief among Students: A Study Based on the Reports of People with Death Experience
Mohamad Bagher Kajbaf Alinaghi Ghasemiannejad Jahromi Seyed Habibolah Ahmadi Forushani

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of spiritual and existential group therapy on depression, death anxiety and belief in afterlife. The research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and a control group. The population cons More

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of spiritual and existential group therapy on depression, death anxiety and belief in afterlife. The research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and a control group. The population consisted of all undergraduates in the University of Isfahan in 2014. Then, 16 students with high depression scores from the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al, 1961), high death anxiety scores from the Death Anxiety Scale (Templer, 1970) and low scores of afterlife belief from Islamic Belief about Fairly Afterlife (Golparvar et al, 2011) were selected via convenience sampling method. Then they were randomly assigned into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group participated in six sessions of group therapy while the control group did not receive any therapy. After post-test administration, the results of the covariance analysis showed a significant difference between post-test scores of the experimental and control groups on death anxiety (P<0.05). According to the results, it was concluded that combining existential and spiritual therapies along with descriptions of near-death experiences can have a significant impact on reducing death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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4 - The effecitiveness of mindfulness based cognitive behavioral training on reduction anxiety of death in patients with epilepsy
Behnaz Chaghajerdi farzaneh Niknejadi

10.30486/jsrp.2019.583133.1651

This study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness - based cognitive - behavioral training death anxiety among epileptic patients of association of epilepsy in Isfahan. the study was a quasi-experimental one with pre and post-test and control group. The statistic More

This study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness - based cognitive - behavioral training death anxiety among epileptic patients of association of epilepsy in Isfahan. the study was a quasi-experimental one with pre and post-test and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all the epileptic patients of association of epilepsy in Isfahan. The sampling method was purposive and based on the purpose of the study, 30 epileptic patients who had the highest score on Death anxiety questionnaires were selected and assigned into the experimental and control groups 15 in each. mindfulness - based cognitive - behavioral training was carried out for the experimental group for eight sessions each 90 minutes and the control group. Received no instructions. The analysis of covariance was utilized to test the research hypotheses. The results indicated that mindfulness-based cognitive- behavioral training as the independent variable had a significant effect on the reduction of death anxiety (p < 0/001) Manuscript profile

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5 - The effect of death anxiety pattern based on emotional empathy mediated by spirituality in middle-aged people
Fariba Badia Nia Simin Bashardoust

10.30486/jsrp.2019.1876659.2008

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the pattern of death anxiety based on emotional empathy mediated by spirituality in middle-aged individuals. Statistical population was all male and female referring to health home in the age range of 45-65 years. The sample si More

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the pattern of death anxiety based on emotional empathy mediated by spirituality in middle-aged individuals. Statistical population was all male and female referring to health home in the age range of 45-65 years. The sample size was Klein method and 464 individuals were selected by multistage random sampling. And completed the Templar Death Anxiety Questionnaire (1970), Batson's Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (1983), and Spirituality (2009). Direct and indirect effects of variables were obtained by using path analysis using AMOS program. There was also a negative correlation between spirituality and death anxiety, at the 0.01 level (β = -0.482, p <0.01). The indirect path coefficient was also significant between emotional empathy and negative death anxiety at the level of 0.01 (β = -0.263, p <0.01). And 29% of the variance of death anxiety was explained by the variables in the model and it was concluded that spirituality affects emotional empathy and death anxiety and mediates negatively and significantly. Therefore, the anxiety of death must be viewed as an interactive and all-encompassing consideration. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Effectiveness of Group Logo-Therapy on the Sense of Loneliness and Death Anxiety in Elderly Women
Vahid Mostafapour abdollah motamedi Hossein Farrokhi

The current research was conducted with the goal of examining the effectiveness of group logo-therapy on the sense of loneliness and death anxiety of elderly women in Birjand. The statistical population included all elderly women in birjand city in 2017. 30 of them were More

The current research was conducted with the goal of examining the effectiveness of group logo-therapy on the sense of loneliness and death anxiety of elderly women in Birjand. The statistical population included all elderly women in birjand city in 2017. 30 of them were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and control, 15 individuals each. The research method was a quasi-experimental and pre-test and post-test design with control group was used. To collect data the UCLA loneliness Scale and Collett-Lester (1969) Death Anxiety Scale were utilized.  The elderly of the experimental group received Anderson (2007), Blair (2004) and Hutzel (2002) for 8 sessions of 90-minutes intervention. The gathered data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of covariance MANCOVA. The result showed the effectiveness of logo-therapy on the sense of loneliness and death anxiety and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01). Manuscript profile

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7 - The Comparison Of Death Anxiety, Optimism And Sense Of Humor Among Female Nurses
Farah Naderi سعید Bakhtiar poor مینا Shokouhi

In the current established study the comparison of optimism, sense of humor and death anxiety among nurses in different wards of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital was proceeded. Statistical universe included all the female nurses of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital (240 nurses) being in d More

In the current established study the comparison of optimism, sense of humor and death anxiety among nurses in different wards of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital was proceeded. Statistical universe included all the female nurses of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital (240 nurses) being in duty for the year 1389 in seven different wards: The General Emergency, Intensive Care Unit, Nephrology(kidney Diseases), Surgery, Psychiatry, Internal Operating Room and pediatrics(Children) wards. The sample encompassed 200 female nurses whom were selected randomly via simple sampling procedure. Collelt-Lester Fear of Death Scale (Cl-FODS), Attribution Styles Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Sense of Humor Scale (Martin and Lefcourt) were responded by the subjects as data source. The research was designed as ex-post facto. Data analysis through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Sheffe post hoc test were implemented. The findings revealed that nurses in hospital various wards differed significantly in terms of death anxiety but no any significant difference was observed with respect to other variables. Manuscript profile

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8 - The Relations between Spiritual Intelligence, Social Intelligence and Death Anxiety in Ahwaz WomanSeniles
Farah Naderi Kh. Roushani

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, social intelligence and death anxiety among woman seniles in Ahwaz .The sample included 100 subjects who were selected based on multiphase sampling. For the measurement of t More

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, social intelligence and death anxiety among woman seniles in Ahwaz .The sample included 100 subjects who were selected based on multiphase sampling. For the measurement of the variables, Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale (ISIS), Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS), Collet Lester Fear Of Death Scale (Cl-FODS) were used. Statistical methods included Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Results indicated that there was a significant correlation between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety, but there was no significant correlation between social intelligence and death anxiety .The results of regression analysis also showed that the spiritual intelligence was the only predicting variable for death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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9 - Compairson death anxiety, satisfaction with life, worry and hope in handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged House and some bodies dwelling in families
فرح نادری سحر صفرزاده

The research objective was the compairson death anxiety, satisfaction with life, worry and hope in handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged house and some bodies dwelling in ahwaz city families. The sample consisted of 140 subjects (35 woman and 35 men that dwell More

The research objective was the compairson death anxiety, satisfaction with life, worry and hope in handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged house and some bodies dwelling in ahwaz city families. The sample consisted of 140 subjects (35 woman and 35 men that dwelling in Aged House, 35 woman and 35 men that dwelling in families) , which were selected by random sampling method. For data collecting four questionnaire were used: Death anxiety scale(DAS), Satisfaction with life scale(SWLS), Worry scale and Milers hope scale. The research was of causal-comparative king and data analysis by multi-parameter variance method(MANOVA) in significant on P value less then   0/001 ( P<0/001 ) showed significant difference between handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged House and some bodies dwelling in families on death anxiety, satisfaction with life, hope and The research objective was the compairson death anxiety, satisfaction with life, worry and hope in handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged house and some bodies dwelling in ahwaz city families. The sample consisted of 140 subjects (35 woman and 35 men that dwelling in Aged House, 35 woman and 35 men that dwelling in families) , which were selected by random sampling method. For data collecting four questionnaire were used: Death anxiety scale(DAS), Satisfaction with life scale(SWLS), Worry scale and Milers hope scale. The research was of causal-comparative king and data analysis by multi-parameter variance method(MANOVA) in significant on P value less then   0/001 ( P<0/001 ) showed significant difference between handicapped agedes some bodies dwelling in Aged House and some bodies dwelling in families on death anxiety, satisfaction with life, hope and worry. Manuscript profile

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10 - Developing a Model of Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Based On Life Expectancy through Mediation of Death Anxiety
Nasrin Bakhshi Sara Pashang Nematullah Jaafari Shohreh Ghorban Shiroudi

Purpose: The aim of this study was to predict the psychological well-being of the elderly based on self-perception and death anxiety. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study included all the elderly More

Purpose: The aim of this study was to predict the psychological well-being of the elderly based on self-perception and death anxiety. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study included all the elderly hospitalized and the elderly at home in Tehran in 1398. The sample size was 400 elderly people who were selected by cluster sampling method. Thus, from among the nursing homes and nursing homes, first 5 nursing homes and 5 neighborhood homes from districts 2, 3 and 5 of Tehran were randomly selected and then 40 elderly people were randomly selected from each center and questionnaire and questionnaires were administered to them. The research instruments included Reef Psychological Welfare Questionnaire (1989), Templer Death Anxiety Scale (1970) and Triple Self-Scale (1991). Research data were analyzed by regression method. SPSS and AMOS software version 20 were used to analyze the research data. Findings: The results of the conceptual model test showed that self-physical and self-spiritual factors have a significant positive relationship with psychological well-being and the positiveness of these coefficients in fact indicates that with the increase of these factors, the rate of psychological well-being increases. Death anxiety also has a significant negative relationship with psychological well-being. Was confirmed (p <0.05, β = -0.39) Conclusion: The findings showed the significance of the regression model. Accordingly, in nursing homes, in order to increase the level of psychological well-being and promote the health of the elderly, it is necessary to pay attention to their perceptual backgrounds and death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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11 - Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy with emotion regulation therapy on death anxiety and coping styles of people with a history of self-harm
Kimia Poushirazi Nazanin Ilghami azar Arezo Shahhoseini Elham Keshavarzi

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with emotion regulation therapy on death anxiety and coping styles of people with a history of self-harm. Methods: The research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-pos More

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with emotion regulation therapy on death anxiety and coping styles of people with a history of self-harm. Methods: The research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of this research included all people with a history of self-injury in Qom city in 1401 who referred to Andisheh Sabz treatment center. 60 patients were selected by available sampling method and assigned to three equal groups of 20 people by randomization (lottery). The instrument of data collection was Cult Lester's death anxiety questionnaire, the questionnaire of coping styles with stressful situations. For data analysis, SPSS version 25 software was used with descriptive statistics methods, statistical assumptions and analysis of variance with repeated measurements and Benferroni test. Results: The results showed that death anxiety and its dimensions improved significantly in the experimental groups compared to the control group, and this improvement remained stable in the follow-up phase. Conclusion: Also, the results showed that the coping styles in the experimental groups have significant differences compared to the control group. Manuscript profile

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12 - corona anxiety, death anxiety and health anxiety before and after corona vaccine injection in elderly men.
maedeh bazargani Afsaneh Sobhi maryam rahmati mahdi balibegloo zahra motahary

Abstract Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the difference between corona anxiety, death anxiety and health anxiety before and after corona vaccine injection in elderly men living in Zanjan Elderly Center. Metthodology: The method o More

Abstract Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the difference between corona anxiety, death anxiety and health anxiety before and after corona vaccine injection in elderly men living in Zanjan Elderly Center. Metthodology: The method of the present research is an experimental one and it is pre-test-post-test, single group without control group with three time measurements. The statistical population includes all the elderly men of the Zanjan Center for the Elderly, and 30 of these people who had mild cognitive impairment in the mental status examination were selected purposefully and they responded to three questionnaires, namely the Corona Virus Anxiety Scale (Alipour, Gadami, Alipour and Abdulzadeh, 2018), Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (1970) and Health Anxiety Questionnaire (Salkoskis and Warwick, 2022). For data analysis, repeated measurement test was used using SPSS version 25 software. Findings:The results of the findings indicate that the injection of the corona vaccine has reduced the anxiety caused by the corona disease and the health anxiety of the elderly and increased the anxiety of death in the elderly. Conclusion:Therefore, according to the results of the research, which showed that death anxiety in the elderly is not significant after vaccination, it is necessary to organize workshops for the elderly in this regard. Manuscript profile

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13 - Investigation of Simple and Multiple Relations between Death Anxiety, Symbolic Immortality and Gratitude
Zeynab Lashani Zohreh Lashani Mohammad Reza Shaeiri Saeedeh Panahi

Death anxiety is a main emotion in the Terror Management Theory. According to the TMT, death anxiety is cause of the symbolic immortality and symbolic immortality has a connection to gratitude in some ideas and action issues, the aim of this study was an investigation o More

Death anxiety is a main emotion in the Terror Management Theory. According to the TMT, death anxiety is cause of the symbolic immortality and symbolic immortality has a connection to gratitude in some ideas and action issues, the aim of this study was an investigation of relation between death anxiety, symbolic immortality and gratitude. Method: This study was a Correlation and regression study in student universities. The clustered sample of this study was 135 girls of Student Payam-e-noor and Azad Universities that completed Gratitude Questionnaire-6 items (GQ-6), sense of Symbolic Immortality Scale (SSIS) and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS). The results evaluated by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and simple linear regression. Results: The results show that there is a positive significant correlation between gratitude and symbolic immortality, biosocial, creative, spiritual, transcendence and natural symbolic immortality. There was negative and significant correlation between death anxiety and symbolic immortality, and symbolic immortality was a predictor of death anxiety. Conclusion: In this study, symbolic immortality had a significant correlation with gratitude, and symbolic immortality was predictor of death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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14 - The relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being and individual self-efficacy: the moderating role of Death anxiety
Amineh Sadat Tabatabaei Reza Darvishi Mansoureh talebian

10.30495/psych.2023.1983631.1028

During the outbreak of COVID-19, because of limits on different aspects of life and ambiguity about how the virus is transferred, individuals experienced a form of anxiety that affected their various psychological characteristics. In this study, The relationship between More

During the outbreak of COVID-19, because of limits on different aspects of life and ambiguity about how the virus is transferred, individuals experienced a form of anxiety that affected their various psychological characteristics. In this study, The relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being and individual self-efficacy: the moderating role of anxiety with life. The present study had a correlational design. The statistical population for this study consisted of all males and women in Isfahan between the ages of 18 and 50, and the sample was drawn randomly from two metropolitan districts. Subjects completed an online and in-person which includes Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Death Anxiety Scale and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale. Results: In order to analyze the data in SPSS version 23, the Pearson correlation coefficient significance test was employed, and for multiple regression analysis, PROCESS Procedure for SPSS, written by Andrew F.Hayes was utilized.COVID-19 anxiety and Death Anxiety was a significant predictor of self-efficacy. Nevertheless, the net impact of correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and Death Anxiety in predicting self-efficacy is equal to 0.3 percent and is not significant .COVID-19 anxiety and death Anxiety was a significant predictor of psychological well-being.This study demonstrated that death anxiety has a significant moderating role in the correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being. But death anxiety hasn’t a significant moderating role in the correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and self-efficacy.  Manuscript profile

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15 - Self-Compassion, Attitude Towards Religion and Death Anxiety: Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in the Elderly
Payam Varaee Khodamorad Momeni Asie Moradi

he aim of this study was to examine the relationships among psychological well-being, religiosity, self-compassion, and death anxiety in the elderly. A nonrandom and volunteer sample of 300 elderly people from Mehregan part-time elderly care center in Kermanshah, Iran p More

he aim of this study was to examine the relationships among psychological well-being, religiosity, self-compassion, and death anxiety in the elderly. A nonrandom and volunteer sample of 300 elderly people from Mehregan part-time elderly care center in Kermanshah, Iran participated in the study. The participants completed the Psychological Well-being (Ryff, 1989), the Self-Compassion Scale (Raes, Pommier, Neff & Gucht, 2011), the Muslim Attitudes toward Religion Scale (Wilde & Joseph, 1997) and the Death Anxiety Scale (Templer, 1970). Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data.The results indicated that psychological well-being positively related to self-compassion and religiousness. The psychological well-being negatively related to death anxiety. The results of stepwise regression analysis indicated that over-identification, personal help, mindfulness, isolation, death anxiety, self-judging and Islamic rituals accounted for 59% of variances of psychological well-being. The findings suggested that psychological well-being in elderly people may be increased by strengthening self-compassion and religiosity and weakening death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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16 - Relationship between Psychological hardiness and emotional processing with the rate of death anxiety in older women during coronavirus
Abolfazl Bakhshipoor Farzaneh Fardinfar

10.30495/hpsbjourna.2022.1951792.1064

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological toughness and emotional processing with the rate of death anxiety in older women during coronation. The design of the present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical populat More

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological toughness and emotional processing with the rate of death anxiety in older women during coronation. The design of the present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study included all women in nursing homes in Mashhad in the first quarter of 1400, from which several nursing homes were available and 184 elderly were selected as a sample group. Participants responded to the Calt-Leicester Death Anxiety Scale, Kiamers et al.'s Psychological Hardiness Scale, and the Baker et al. Emotional Processing Scale. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. The results of Pearson correlation showed that there is a significant negative relationship between psychological toughness and death anxiety. Also, a positive and significant correlation was found between the dimensions of emotional processing and death anxiety. The results of stepwise regression analysis also showed that among the components of emotional processing, two components of emotional symptoms of emotional processing and control and the variable of psychological toughness have a significant contribution in predicting death anxiety in the elderly. The mentioned components explained a total of 22% of the variance of death anxiety. Based on the results, in order to reduce death anxiety, it is recommended to hold courses to promote psychological toughness and emotion regulation. Manuscript profile

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17 - The mediating role Quality of Life in the relationship between the Meaning of Life and Sense of Coherence with Death Anxiety in elderly of Ahvaz city
Mahan Mahmoodi Zahra Dasht Bozorgi

10.30495/hpsbjourna.2022.1956919.1082

The elderly, like all periods of life, is an important stage of life, such as childhood, and because this period is the last period of identification, it is very important. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of quality of life(QOL) in the relati More

The elderly, like all periods of life, is an important stage of life, such as childhood, and because this period is the last period of identification, it is very important. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of quality of life(QOL) in the relationship between the meaning of life and a sense of cohesion with death anxiety in the elderly in Ahvaz. The correlation research design was structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all the elderly in Ahvaz. For this purpose, 108 elderly people were selected by the available sampling method. To collect the data, questionnaires such as Death anxiety of Templer (1970), Meaning of life of Stjeger & Oshi (2004), Sense of coherence of Flensborg-medsen, Ventegodt & Merrick (2006) & World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire- Short Form (1966) were used. For data analysis, the Pearson correlation coefficient & structural equation method were used (p<0.05). The results showed that all was a direct path was significant except for the relationship between a sense of coherence and death anxiety (p>0.05). Also, there was an indirect & significant relationship between the meaning of life with death anxiety with the role of mediator (QOL) & between sense of coherence with death anxiety with the role of mediator (QOL). Thus, informing and applying measures to empower the elderly in the field of (QOL) in the relationship between meaning in life and a sense of cohesion played a significant role in reducing death anxiety in the elderly. Manuscript profile

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18 - The relationship between defensive styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies anxiety death in the elderly
Haleh Vesali َAziz Lachini Reza Afshani Morteza MahdoodiZaman

Death anxiety is an unusual and great fear of death that is accompanied by emotions such as fear of death or apprehension when thinking about the process of dying or what happens after death. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between defensive sty More

Death anxiety is an unusual and great fear of death that is accompanied by emotions such as fear of death or apprehension when thinking about the process of dying or what happens after death. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between defensive styles and cognitive regulation strategies. The excitement was the anxiety of death among elderly men and women in Urmia. For this purpose, in a descriptive correlational study, 250 elder (52 women and 198 men) were selected, available for sampling, and evaluated in terms of defensive styles, adjustment problems, and death anxiety. The results of regression analysis showed that the use of defensive styles, increases the rate of death anxiety in the elderly. It was also found that the relationship between undeveloped defensive styles and overall death anxiety was significant, and in developed defensive styles with death anxiety, this relationship was confirmed. The results of this study showed that cognitive emotion regulation strategies are able to predict and explain anxiety disorders; also, death anxiety can be predicted by acceptance variable up to 15%, by acceptance and catastrophizing variables up to 28%, by acceptance, catastrophizing, and blaming others variables up to 29%, and by acceptance, catastrophizing, blaming others, and positive reassessment variables up to 31%.  Manuscript profile

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19 - The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in relationship between attachment styles and anxiety of death among cancer patients
Shahed Masoodi Hamid Reza Hatami Morteza Modaress Shokosadat Banijamali

Death anxiety is defined as feelings of panic, anxiety and fear of death and non-existence. The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in relation to attachment styles and anxiety of death among patients with cancer. For this pur More

Death anxiety is defined as feelings of panic, anxiety and fear of death and non-existence. The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in relation to attachment styles and anxiety of death among patients with cancer. For this purpose, in a descriptive correlational study, 367 patients (140 women and 227 men) were selected through volunteering sampling from cancer patients referred to specialized and oncology centre of Emam Reza, Ghaem Hospital and Omid Hospital in Mashhad between September 93 to August 94. The participants were evaluated for death anxiety level, adult attachment style, and early maladaptive schemas. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between attachment styles and anxiety of death through mediation of early maladaptive schemas, and that early maladaptive schemas have been able to affect, the relationship between attachment styles and the anxiety of death as a mediator variable. Thus, using the psychological interventions for alteration of unhealthy behavioral patterns, and counseling a psychologist to identify and modify the primary schemas, alongside the primary medical techniques, can help to reduce the psychological harm among the cancer patients. Manuscript profile

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