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Apeiro anxietyis a lesser known disorder. The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the apeiro anxiety scale and its relationship with the meaning of life. The present research method was descriptive and correlational. The research community included the employees of government departments and organizations in Tabriz city in 1402. 397 people participated in the research by multi-stage cluster sampling method. To collect data, Bilal et al.'s(2024) apeiro anxiety scale, Trapnell & Campbell (1999) rumination - reflection scale and Steger et al.'s (2006) meaning of life scale were used. Research data were analyzed using SPSS23 and AMOS24 statistical software. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the single-factor model of the apeiro anxiety scale, and the fit indices of the model were in the acceptable range. The convergent validity of this scale with the rumination-reflection scale was R=0.78 and the divergent validity with the meaning of life scale was R=0.60. The reliability of the scale was with Cronbach's alpha method (0.80) and retest method (0.79), which indicates good reliability. The search for meaning and the presence of meaning had the ability to significantly predict the apeiro anxiety (p