Marvin Boss
Biographic Data
| ID | 10429135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marvin Boss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Boss |
| SIGNATURE | BOSS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa, Kilborn Campus |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Work Training
This paper reports a comparative analysis of data from two linked national projects carried out in the United Kingdom and Canada during 1987–1990. The two projects providing the base data are, respectively, the 16–19 Initiative—an Economic and Social Research Council funded programme of research into the educational and occupational experiences of young adults in contrasting local labour markets in the UK—and a project funded by the University of…
Further Study of the Validity of the Death Concern Scale
In a previous article it was concluded that Dickstein's Death Concern Scale was a measure of two components, the conscious contemplation of death and the negative evaluation of death. In this study, factor analyses of 2 sets of data from church-going adults support this conclusion. To clarify the nature of these components Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and a set of questions about acceptance of death were administered to the same subjects. The re…
Factorial Structure of the Death Concern Scale
Dickstein's (1972) 30-item Death Concern Scale was developed as a measure of the extent to which an individual consciously contemplates death and evaluates it negatively. Scoring procedures provide a single score as a measure of death concern. Dickstein's definition of death concern and an examination of the items support the authors' contention that two aspects of death concern are being measured. Factor analyses of the item scores of 671 colleg…
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Factorial Structure of the Death Concern Scale
Dickstein's (1972) 30-item Death Concern Scale was developed as a measure of the extent to which an individual consciously contemplates death and evaluates it negatively. Scoring procedures provide a single score as a measure of death concern. Dickstein's definition of death concern and an examination of the items support the authors' contention that two aspects of death concern are being measured. Factor analyses of the item scores of 671 colleg…
Further Study of the Validity of the Death Concern Scale
In a previous article it was concluded that Dickstein's Death Concern Scale was a measure of two components, the conscious contemplation of death and the negative evaluation of death. In this study, factor analyses of 2 sets of data from church-going adults support this conclusion. To clarify the nature of these components Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and a set of questions about acceptance of death were administered to the same subjects. The re…
Work Training
This paper reports a comparative analysis of data from two linked national projects carried out in the United Kingdom and Canada during 1987–1990. The two projects providing the base data are, respectively, the 16–19 Initiative—an Economic and Social Research Council funded programme of research into the educational and occupational experiences of young adults in contrasting local labour markets in the UK—and a project funded by the University of…
Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Death anxiety (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Scale (ratio (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)