Brazilian psychometrics of the Collett-Lester fear of death scale

Methodological study conducted with 279 individuals to evaluate the reliability of the Collett-Lester fear of death scale and relate it to the spiritual well-being scale. Its multifactorial structure was confirmed by four dimensions and 24 items. Internal consistency obtained Cronbach’s α of 0.951....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Garcia Andrade, Ana Maria, da Silva, José Vitor, Baptista, Makilim Nunes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM)
Repositorio:Revista Bioética (online)
Idioma:español
inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/3283
Acceso en línea:https://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/3283
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bioética. Morte. Psicometria.
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Sumario:Methodological study conducted with 279 individuals to evaluate the reliability of the Collett-Lester fear of death scale and relate it to the spiritual well-being scale. Its multifactorial structure was confirmed by four dimensions and 24 items. Internal consistency obtained Cronbach’s α of 0.951. Pearson’s correlation (r=0.87 and p=0.000) confirmed stability. Collett-Lester fear of death scale showed positivecorrelation with three of the four spiritual well-being scale items, ranging from weak to moderate magnitudes. The Collett-Lester fear of death scale proved to be reliable for the Brazilian reality.