Afreen Faiza, PhD. E-mail: afreenfaiza2014@gmail.com United Arab Emirates: UAE, Abu Dhabi Research Interests: Measurement, Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Cross-Cultural Research Research Interests Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Development of indigenous death anxiety scale: A study of reliability and validity (3 studies) • Construct and validate self-report death anxiety Scale =63 items; five factors: Punishment after Death (PAD), Loss of Personal and Social Identity (LPASI), Finality of Death (FOD), Lack of Control and Helplessness (LOCAH) and General Death of Self (GDS). • Reliabilities: Coefficient alpha(α=.78 to .92), split-half reliability =.898 (p<.01) , Test-retest ,15 days interval (r=.81, p<.01). • convergent validity: Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale (r=.60, p<.01), Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (r=.59, p< .01), discriminant validity Life Orientation Test-Revised (r= -.61, p< .01). Comparison of Death Anxiety Among Clinical and Non Clinical Groups (Patients with Chronic Physical diseases and Healthy Individuals) Sample Size (N) 100 chronic physical patients 100 healthy individuals Hypertension (9%), Diabetic Miletus (26.0%), Ischemic heart Disease (10.0%), Asthma (34.0%), Arthritis (5.0%) and Hepatitis (16.0%). significant difference for Death anxiety between patients with chronic physical disease and healthy individuals IDAS; t(198)= 2.42, p = .01);chronic physical disease (M = 148.55; SD=37.37); healthy individuals (M = 134.8; SD=42.10). Comparison of death Anxiety Among Clinical and Non Clinical Groups (Patients with Chronic Psychological diseases and Healthy Individuals) Sample Size :75=Psychological Patients; 75= healthy individuals schizophrenia (42.7%), depressive disorder (42.7%), bipolar affective disorder (12.0%) and anxiety disorder (2.7%) respectively. significant differences between psychological patients and healthy individuals IDAS t(148)=2.09, p=.04);psychological patients (M=144.76, SD=41.62); healthy individuals (M=130.45; SD=41.93) • Two- way between-groups ANOVA for three health status: Physical Illness; Healthy; Psychological Illness showed significant main effect in health [F (2, 269)=3.577, p=.03]. Post-hoc Tukey HSD test mean of physical illness (M=148.55, SD=37.38) different from the psychological illness group (M=130.45, SD=41.93). • Third Study: Relationship between death anxiety and religiosity, significant and positive (r=.34, p<.01). Current Research Work 1. Death Anxiety, Cognitive Distortion and Mood States Among Older Adults with Chronic Physical Diseases (2021) (In Press). International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, ISSN: 2014-3680(Scopus ,ESCI) 300 older adults (males=165, females=135), age 60-80 years (Mean=70, SD=4.26) chronic physical diseases (cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, asthma, cancer, arthritis) Burnel Mood States Scale (Brandt,2016), Cognitive Distortion (Sulaiman, 2018) and Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (Abdel-Khalek, 2004). Positive correlations between death anxiety mood states and cognitive distortions. Regression shows moderating role of cognitive distortion in relationship between mood states and death. Significant gender differences were present for mood t(298) = -3.68, p <.001;death anxiety t(298) = -8.62, p <.001) and cognitive distortions t(298) = -3.91, p<.001). Current Research Work 2. Corona Virus Related Fears among Residents of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-Sectional Study (In Press). Infectious Disease Journal of Pakistan, ISSN: 1027-0299 20–item Coronavirus Fear Questionnaire (CVFQ, α=.75,p<.01) (N=400) , Results showed prevalence of different covid-19 fears related to the infection to one's self (76.5%), family (84.5%), contagious transmissions (62.9%), death of loved ones (72.3%), financial constraints (80.7%), increase in prices (85.2%), disease rumors (80.7%), restriction of mobility (71.2%), and social rejections (61.7%). 3. Development of Avoidance of Happiness Expression Scale (AHES)(In Review), Journal of Happiness Studies, ISSN 1573-7780 (Scopus, ESCI). Avoidance of Happiness Expression Scale (AHES) 60 items generated through literature search and interviews reduced 29 and administered (N=320).Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis resulted in 27 items and four factors (Faulty Cognitions (FC), Concern’s for other’s Emotions (CFOE); Social Concerns (SC); Personal Inadequacy (PI). Cronbach alpha reliability (α=.914, p<.001). AEHSS culturally specific and reliable tool.