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Aim and Background: The growing population of the elderly and their specific problems and needs make further studies necessary. The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between personality factors and death anxiety in the elderly. Methods and Materials: This descriptive-correlational study was carried out using path analysis method. The statistical population included all the elderly (over the age of 60) living in cities of West Azerbaijan province, Iran, of which 234 (150 men and 84 women) were randomly selected. Data were collected using Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). To analyze data, SPSS and SmartPLS softwares were used. Findings:  Each of the variables of life satisfaction and agreement had a direct and negative relationship with death anxiety. Also, the results showed that each of the variables of neuroticism and conscientiousness had a direct and positive relationship with death anxiety. Other findings of the study suggested that neuroticism, extraversion, flexibility, and agreement were indirectly related to death anxiety through life satisfaction. Conclusions: Life satisfaction plays the role of mediation in the relationships between each of the factors of neuroticism, extraversion, flexibility, and agreement with the death anxiety in the elderly. Therefore, increasing life satisfaction is associated with a reduction in the death anxiety in the elderly. Moreover, the results confirm the assumptions of Erikson theory based on the relationship between life satisfaction and accepting the reality of death in the elderly.

Keywords: Death, Anxiety, Life satisfaction, Personality factors, Elderly

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