Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of the Death Transcendence Scale for the Brazilian Context

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ID13630356
AutoresAna Cláudia Mesquita Garcia (0000-0001-9793-7905, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, autor correspondente), Bruna Rabelo Ribeiro Domingues (Universidade Federal de Alfenas), Lucas Oliveira Maia (0000-0002-9931-1938, Universidade Federal de Alfenas), Ralph W Hood (0000-0002-5165-6830, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA), Everson Meireles (0000-0002-1715-006X, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia, Santo Antônio de Jesus, BA, Brazil)
Ano2023
Volume92
Fascículo1
Páginas213-227
Data de publicação2023-05-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228231179326
PMID37245997
OpenAlexW4378596831
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas9

The study of the coping strategies used by humans to cope with their finitude has been the center of attention of several researchers throughout the history of psychology. The present study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Death Transcendence Scale (DTS) for the Brazilian context. This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 517 Brazilians. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Quality of Life Group Translation Procedure protocol was used for the translation and the cultural adaptation process. The results of parallel analyses indicated the relevance of extracting up to five factors, which explained 58.23% of the scale's total variance. The Brazilian version of the DTS, with validity evidence, consisted of 21 items, considering that items 13, 17, 20, and 21 were excluded according to exploratory factor analysis. As far as we know, the version of the DTS developed in this study is the only instrument available in the Brazilian context that allows the measurement of a theory dedicated to understanding how humans cope with their finitude, beyond death denial

Adaptation (eye · Context (archaeology · Coping (psychology · Denial · Exploratory factor analysis · Psychometrics · Psychotherapist · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology