The Validity and Reliability of the Thanatophobia Scale-Turkish Form: A Psychometric Study Among Nurses.

Autor:	Yildiz Çifçioğlu, Zülfiye, Harmanci Seren, Arzu K.
Předmět:	NURSES MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques STATISTICAL correlation FEAR ATTITUDES toward death CRONBACH'S alpha RESEARCH evaluation RESEARCH methodology evaluation DESCRIPTIVE statistics LINGUISTICS PSYCHOMETRICS RESEARCH methodology RESEARCH FACTOR analysis EVALUATION
Zdroj:	Omega: Journal of Death & Dying; Jun2024, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p718-728, 11p
Abstrakt:	Purpose: To examine the validity and reliability of the Thanatophobia Scale-Turkish Form among nurses. Design and methods: This methodological study included 154 nurses. Content and construct validity, item analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and internal consistency were used to evaluate the data. Findings: The content validity index of the scale was 0.91. Item-total score correlation values varied between 0.453 and 0.718. As a result of the confirmatory factor analyses, one factor was confirmed. Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.854. Practice Implications: Thanatophobia Scale-Turkish Form is a valid and reliable tool used to evaluate the fear of death among nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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