Prediction of Death Anxiety Based on Spiritual Intelligence Mediated by Resilience and Self-Efficacy in Elderly of Kerman Nursing Home

Due to worldwide increasing in the number of elderlies, studying the common disorders among them are gettingmore important. Death anxiety is one of those disorders which has been investigated poorly. Various studies haveconfirmed the relationship between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety, however, the number of studiesinvestigating spiritual intelligence as a source of death anxiety is not that significant. The aim of this study was tofind out if resilience and self-efficacy could mediate between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety. In a crosssectionalfield study, using standardized questionnaires, namely Spiritual Intelligence Self-Reporting Inventory(SISIRI-۲۴), Templar Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), Conner-Davidson Consolidation Scale (CD-RISC), and ShererSelf-Efficacy Scale (SGES), responses of ۲۸۰ elderly people with an average age of ۶۸.۵۶ years were analyzed. Theresults of the study indicated that spiritual intelligence and death anxiety has a significant correlation and thatresilience and self-efficacy are mediators between those variables.

Keywords:

Death anxiety , Spiritual intelligence , Resilience , Self-efficacy , Mediator , Elderly