A Methodological Study to Develop and Validate a Death Attitude Scale
Buddhists and Medical Students Compared
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Saunders (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 211-234 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/3q0v-e9fq-e55l-uh7r |
| OpenAlex | W2014500562 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study aimed to develop and validate a death attitude scale which would be applicable to Christians, non-Christians, and atheists alike. A sample of 147 medical students and a sample of 115 Buddhists completed a fifty-six-item questionnaire in order to empirically test generality across samples. Four conceptual aspects of death and dying were investigated. The results of three principle components analyses provided evidence for three of the a priori labeled factors: Fear and anxiety about death and dying; Fear and anxiety about personal extinction; and Positive attitude to death and dying. Seventeen items which loaded satisfactorily across both samples were retained for the orthogonal three factor solution. Construct validity was considered to be high and reliability was found to be good. This study provided empirical support for at least two orthogonal factors requiring further attention from thanatological researchers. Results highlighted the importance of sampling non-Christian populations; of sampling populations who have experience of aspects of death and dying and of using questionnaire items which have no religious bias
Anxiety · Construct (python library · Construct validity · Death anxiety · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Correlates of Death Anxiety
On the predictive validity of attitudes
Death Concern
Brief Note on the Structure of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale
Fear of Death and Religious Belief
The Lester Attitude toward Death Scale
Death Attitudes across the Life-Span
Clarifying the Measurement of Death Attitudes
A Factor Analytic Inquiry into the Multidimensionality of Death Anxiety
A Self-Administering Assessment of Personal Meanings of Death
A confirmatory factor analysis of the Threat Index
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
Measuring death anxiety
The generality of the automatic attitude activation effect
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |