Death anxiety and death depression in Spanish nurses.
Psychol Rep. 2005 Aug;97(1):21-4.
Death anxiety and death depression in Spanish nurses.
‘Tomas-Sabado J, Gomez-Benito J.
Escola Universitaria d’Infermeria Gimbernat, Vial Interpolar del Valles s.n., 08190 Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain. joaquin.tomas@cesc.es’
This study examined the dimensional structure of Tomas-Sabado and Gomez-Benito’s Death Anxiety Inventory and Templer, et al.’s Death Depression Scale-Revised. The responses of 244 Spanish nurses to the Spanish forms of both scales were evaluated by means of a principal axis factor analysis with direct Oblimin rotation. Five significant factors were identified: Internally Generated Death Anxiety, Death Depression, Externally Generated Death Anxiety, Death Threat, and Death Sadness, accounting for 51.6% of the variance. The distribution of the factor loadings for the items of both scales on the five factors supported the discriminant validity of the constructs specific to each of the scales and justified their use in evaluating death anxiety and death depression independently.
MeSH Terms: Adult – Anxiety/diagnosis* – Attitude of Health Personnel* – Attitude to Death* – Comparative Study – Cross-Cultural Comparison – Depression/diagnosis* – Female – Humans – Male – Middle Aged – Nurses/psychology* – Occupational Diseases/diagnos
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