Volume 32, Issue 2, September 2017, Pages 246–250
Afreen Faiza1 and Anila Amber Malik2
1 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
2 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Original language: English
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The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability and validity of self report Indigenous Death anxiety scale (IDAS). The Urdu version of scale was administered on 224 Pakistani Muslim population .Their age ranged from 16 to 46 years and above. Test –retest reliability for 15 –days interval showed good indices of (r=.81, p<.01). The convergent validity of present scale with Templer’s Death anxiety scale (r=.60, p < .01) and discriminant validity of present scale with Revised Life Orientation Test (r= - .61, p < .01) demonstrated significant values. We concluded that that present scale is a cultural specific, reliable and valid tool for measuring death anxiety.
Author Keywords: Death Anxiety, Scale, Reliability, Validity, Muslim.
Afreen Faiza1 and Anila Amber Malik2
1 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
2 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability and validity of self report Indigenous Death anxiety scale (IDAS). The Urdu version of scale was administered on 224 Pakistani Muslim population .Their age ranged from 16 to 46 years and above. Test –retest reliability for 15 –days interval showed good indices of (r=.81, p<.01). The convergent validity of present scale with Templer’s Death anxiety scale (r=.60, p < .01) and discriminant validity of present scale with Revised Life Orientation Test (r= - .61, p < .01) demonstrated significant values. We concluded that that present scale is a cultural specific, reliable and valid tool for measuring death anxiety.
Author Keywords: Death Anxiety, Scale, Reliability, Validity, Muslim.
How to Cite this Article
Afreen Faiza and Anila Amber Malik, “Reliability and Validity of Indigenous Death Anxiety Scale,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 246–250, September 2017.
