Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Ryan Self-Death Awareness Scale

 Researchers in the field of death, especially death awareness and death anxiety, should use tools that have sufficient validity and reliability to be able to provide more accurate and reliable results. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the translated Death Awareness Scale by Ryan (1977).

The present study was a methodological research with a descriptive design. The statistical population of the present study included all students of the Islamic Azad University of Ilam in the academic year 1399-1400, in which 163 students were selected as sample members by available sampling method. Research instruments included Ryan (1977) Self-Death Awareness and Templer Death Anxiety Scale (1970), expert opinions and evaluation form.

The results of qualitative and quantitative face validity, content validity and criterion validity of simultaneous type and reliability for knowledge death scale were desirable and appropriate. There was also a significant negative and inverse correlation between death consciousness and death anxiety (r = -0 / 866). The reliability of the Knowledge Death Scale with Cronbach's alpha method was 0.92.

The translated form of Ryan Self-Death Awareness of 19 questions (1977) has good validity and reliability and is suitable for conducting research in Iran.