Single- Versus Multi-Item Scales in Measuring Death Anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12096822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmed M Abdel-Khalek (0000-0001-9463-1388, Alexandria University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 763-772 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/074811898201254 |
| PMID | 10346701 |
| OpenAlex | W2083347588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 23 |
The author investigated the reliability and concurrent validity of a Likert-type single-item test asking for a self-rating of death anxiety in two Arabic countries: Egypt and Kuwait. A total of 1,439 participants were divided into 9 male and female subsamples and were tested by a single item of death anxiety, along with three psychometric multi-item instruments (i.e., Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, Thorson and Powell's Revised Death Anxiety Scale, and the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety). The single- and multi-item scales had high reliabilities. All of the thirteen correlations between the single-item and the multi-item scales of death anxiety among men and women were statistically significant (p less than .001) and positive. They ranged from .30 to .66, with a median of .51. It was concluded that single-item assessment can be reliable across time (test-retest = .82) and that it correlates moderately with multi-item instruments
Anxiety · Arabic · Concurrent validity · Death anxiety · Developmental psychology · Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale · Internal consistency · Item analysis · Likert scale · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Rating scale · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |