Validation of a Portuguese Form of Templer's Death Anxiety Scale

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13660580
AutoresJames M Donovan (0000-0003-4336-0658, Tulane University, autor correspondente)
Ano1993
Volume73
Fascículo1
Páginas195-200
Data de publicação1993-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1993.73.1.195
PMID8367559
OpenAlexW2163541732
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas8

To translate Templer's Death Anxiety Scale into the Brazilian Portuguese Escala de Ansiedade de Morte, linguistic validity was first established by back-translation and calculating bilingual split-half reliability coefficients. Even-numbered items achieved a minimally adequate .59, while the odd-numbered items attained a satisfactory .91. The internal consistency of the Escala (.77) matches that found for the original scale. The construct validity was tested by replicating the interactions of the English form with (1) the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, (2) the Purpose-in-Life Test, and (3) Levenson's measure of locus of control. The Escala performed as expected, save for some difficulty with the locus of control measure

Anxiety · Brazilian Portuguese · Cartography · Construct validity · Death anxiety · Internal consistency · Linguistics · Locus of control · Portuguese · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Trait · Trait anxiety · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology