The Structure of Templer's Death Anxiety Scale among Egyptian Students

Abdel‐Khalek, Ahmed M.; Beshai, James A.; Templer, Donald I.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1993.72.3.920

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“…Templer's (1970) 15-item Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) has been used most frequently to measure death anxiety (Abdel-Khalek, 1991, 2005; Abdel-Khalek, Beshai, & Templer, 1993;Abdel-Khalek & Omar, 1988;Donovan, 1993;Lester & Castromayor, 1993 ;Ray & Raju, 2006;Schumaker et al, 1988). The DAS is shown to be based on a two-factor model of death anxiety that includes psychological (internal) and life experience (external) factors related to death (Tomer, 1992).…”

Section: Measurement Of Death Anxietymentioning

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Death Anxiety: An Analysis of an Evolving Concept

Lehto¹,

Stein²

2009

Res Theory Nurs Pract

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143

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This article identifies defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences of the concept of death anxiety using Rodgers (2000) evolutionary method of concept analysis. The literature on death anxiety was systematically reviewed for the years 1980-2007. Articles were summarized and coded. Inductive data analyses resulted in defining attributes (emotion, cognitive, experiential, developmental, sociocultural shaping, and source of motivation), antecedents (stressful environments and the experience of unpredictable circumstances, diagnosis of a life-threatening illness or the experience of a life-threatening event, and experiences with death and dying), and consequences (adaptive and maladaptive presentations). Results are important because little systematic inquiry of death anxiety exists in nursing literature.

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Section: Measurement Of Death Anxietymentioning

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Death Anxiety: An Analysis of an Evolving Concept

Lehto¹,

Stein²

2009

Res Theory Nurs Pract

232

143

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“…More specifically, the Arabic version of the DAS has been employed mainly with undergraduate students from Egypt (Abdel-Khalek, 1986, 1997Abdel-Khalek, Beshai, & Templer, 1993;Al-Sabwah & Abdel-Khalek, 2006;Beshai & Templer, 1978), from Kuwait (Abdel-Khalek, 2000-01, 2002Abdel-Khalek & Omar, 1988), from Lebanon (Abdel-Khalek, 1991, 1998, and from Saudi-Arabia (Abdel-Khalek, 1987). Thus, owing to the impressive work of Abdel-Khalek and his colleagues with the DAS, comparisons of the fear of death between the Arabic and parts of the English speaking Western world rest on a comparatively solid ground as far as young adults are concerned.…”

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The Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (Moddi-F/Chin): An Introduction

Wittkowski

Chan

2012

Omega (Westport)

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Preliminary data on the test criteria of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F/chin) are presented. Data from a sample of Hong Kong college students (N = 256) revealed internal consistencies of the eight subtests between .68 and .91, on the whole favorable shape of frequency distributions, and evidence of construct as well as differential validity of the instrument. The use of the full set of 47 items is recommended for the time being.

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“…In contrast, four factors were extracted from the scale in Thorson and Powell's (1992) study, including fear of loneliness, fear of pain, fear of the end of life, and the fear of being buried and rotting bodies. [ 32 ] Other similar studies in different populations showed that the scale has five,[ 33 34 ] four,[ 8 35 ] and even three[ 13 ] latent factors. Sherman et al (2010) aimed to compare DA and quality of life among cancer patients, AIDS patients, and their family caregivers.…”

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Validity and reliability of the persian version of templer death anxiety scale in family caregivers of cancer patients

Soleimani¹,

Bahrami²,

Yaghoobzadeh³

et al. 2016

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Background:Due to increasing recognition of the importance of death anxiety for understanding human nature, it is important that researchers who investigate death anxiety have reliable and valid methodology to measure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS) in family caregivers of cancer patients.Materials and Methods:A sample of 326 caregivers of cancer patients completed a 15-item questionnaire. Principal components analysis (PCA) followed by a varimax rotation was used to assess factor structure of the DAS. The construct validity of the scale was assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Convergent and discriminant validity were also examined. Reliability was assessed with Cronbach's alpha coefficients and construction reliability.Results:Based on the results of the PCA and consideration of the meaning of our items, a three-factor solution, explaining 60.38% of the variance, was identified. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) then supported the adequacy of the three-domain structure of the DAS. Goodness-of-fit indices showed an acceptable fit overall with the full model {χ2(df) = 262.32 (61), χ2/df = 2.04 [adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI) = 0.922, parsimonious comparative fit index (PCFI) = 0.703, normed fit Index (NFI) = 0.912, CMIN/DF = 2.048, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.055]}. Convergent and discriminant validity were shown with construct fulfilled. The Cronbach's alpha and construct reliability were greater than 0.70.Conclusions:The findings show that the Persian version of the TDAS has a three-factor structure and acceptable validity and reliability.

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The Structure of Templer's Death Anxiety Scale among Egyptian Students

Cited by 32 publications

References 5 publications

Death Anxiety: An Analysis of an Evolving Concept

Death Anxiety: An Analysis of an Evolving Concept

The Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (Moddi-F/Chin): An Introduction

Validity and reliability of the persian version of templer death anxiety scale in family caregivers of cancer patients

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