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

Bibliographic Data

ID13660580
AuthorsJames M Donovan (0000-0003-4336-0658, Tulane University, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume73
Issue1
Pages195-200
Publication date1993-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1993.73.1.195
PMID8367559
OpenAlexW2163541732
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited8

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