Death Anxiety in the Elderly: The Role of Cognitive Failures, Flexibility and Distortion

The most important factor in Aging period is the death anxiety. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between cognitive failures, flexibility and distortion with death anxiety among elderly in Ardabil.
Material and

In this descriptive study, 130 Elderly men were selected by available sampling method from all elderly men over 60 years old in Ardabil city, 2017. For data collection, the cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ), cognitive flexibility scale (CFI), cognitive distortion scale (ICDS) and death anxiety scale (DAS) were used. Research data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression methods.

The results showed a significant relationship between cognitive failures (r=0.62), cognitive flexibility (r=-0.57) and cognitive distortion (r=0.60) with death anxiety (p

From this study, it can be concluded that elderly with higher levels of cognitive failures and distortion have higher death anxiety.