Introduction: The present study aimed to formulate a model of death anxiety (DA) in the elderly who live in nursing homes based on personal values (PV), and spirituality and with the role of gender modulator.
Method: The present research was conducted by correlation method and using path analysis. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the elderly who lived in private nursing homes in Tehran in the summer and autumn of 2023. Of them, 340 people were selected by the available sampling method. During one session and individually, the participants responded to the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS; 1970), Schwartz's Value Survey (SVS; Schwartz, 2006), the spiritual questionnaire (Parsian and Dunning, 2009), and The HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (HEXACO-PI-R; Lee and Ashton, 2018).
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.
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روانسنجي دریافت: 1403/8/28 | پذیرش: 1403/9/11 | انتشار: 1403/10/26