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Zanganeh Gheshlaghi M, Salehi M, Jafari Roshan M. The Mediating Role of Spirituality and Personal Values Between Personality Dimensions and Death Anxiety in the Elderly. PCP 2025; 13 (1) :19-32
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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Center Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Center Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. ,mah.salehi@iauctb.ac.ir
3- Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Center Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. ,
3- Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (918 Views)
Objective: The present study aims to formulate a model of death anxiety (DA) in the elderly living in nursing homes based on personal values (PV) and spirituality and with the mediating role of gender.
Methods: The present research was conducted using correlational method and path analysis. The statistical population included all the elderly living in private nursing homes in Tehran City, Iran, in the summer and autumn of 2023, of which 340 people were selected by the convenience sampling method. During one session and individually, the participants responded to the Templer DA scale (DAS) (1970), Schwartz’s value survey, the spiritual questionnaire, and the HEXACO personality inventory-revised.
Results: The results showed that the total path coefficient (PC) between PV (β=-0.211, P=0.001) and spirituality (β=-0.192, P=0.001) were significant with DA. Indirect PC of extraversion (P=0.001, β=-0.054), conscientiousness (β=-0.058, P=0.001), humility (P=0.049, β=-0.023) and emotionality (P=0.001, β=0.038) were significant with DA. The indirect PC between PV (P=0.001, β=0.037) and spirituality (P=0.001, β=0.060) with DA was negative and significant. Therefore, DA mediates the relationship between personality dimensions (PDs), PV, and spirituality. The research model was different in terms of fit with the data of two groups of women and men.
Conclusion: Multiple psychological mechanisms can predict DA in the elderly.
Methods: The present research was conducted using correlational method and path analysis. The statistical population included all the elderly living in private nursing homes in Tehran City, Iran, in the summer and autumn of 2023, of which 340 people were selected by the convenience sampling method. During one session and individually, the participants responded to the Templer DA scale (DAS) (1970), Schwartz’s value survey, the spiritual questionnaire, and the HEXACO personality inventory-revised.
Results: The results showed that the total path coefficient (PC) between PV (β=-0.211, P=0.001) and spirituality (β=-0.192, P=0.001) were significant with DA. Indirect PC of extraversion (P=0.001, β=-0.054), conscientiousness (β=-0.058, P=0.001), humility (P=0.049, β=-0.023) and emotionality (P=0.001, β=0.038) were significant with DA. The indirect PC between PV (P=0.001, β=0.037) and spirituality (P=0.001, β=0.060) with DA was negative and significant. Therefore, DA mediates the relationship between personality dimensions (PDs), PV, and spirituality. The research model was different in terms of fit with the data of two groups of women and men.
Conclusion: Multiple psychological mechanisms can predict DA in the elderly.
Keywords: Death anxiety (DA), Personality dimensions (PDs), Personal values (PV), Spirituality, Elderly
Type of Study: Original Research Article |
Subject:
Psychometric
Received: 2024/11/18 | Accepted: 2024/12/1 | Published: 2025/01/1
Received: 2024/11/18 | Accepted: 2024/12/1 | Published: 2025/01/1
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