Some Reliability and Validity Considerations on Australian Data from the Death Anxiety Scale

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Warren ◽  
P. N. Chopra
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Central Tendency ◽  
Australian Context ◽  
Do So

Data derived from an administration of the Death Anxiety Scale [1] to Australian samples is analyzed with a view to providing comparative cross-cultural observations as well as some indication of realiability and validity in the Australian context. Measures of central tendency and dispersion and sex differences were found to be comparable with other surveys of similar groups to those of the present study. The Scale does not appear to suffer from acquisence set, is internally reliable and groups that would be expected to score lower than others, do so – providing some indication of construct validity. The Scale is not “factorially-pure,” however, and at least three “sub-scales” can be identified. These sub-scales are analyzed and discussed.

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Death Anxiety: A Brief Note

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester ◽  
Donald I. Templer ◽  
Ahmed Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
The World ◽  
Scale Data

Data are reported from samples of undergraduates around the world who have been administered Templer's Death Anxiety Scale. Data from 24 American samples and from 16 nations were identified. Strong sex differences were found and an association between the scores of men and women.

Reliability and Validity of the Ego and Discomfort Anxiety Inventory

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 384-386
Author(s):  
Victor L. Whiteman ◽  
Clayton T. Shorkey
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
State University ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Work Class

This article reports significant test-retest reliability scores for the Ego and Discomfort Anxiety Inventory. Positive significant correlations with the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale supported the construct validity of the Ego Anxiety Scale. Positive significant correlations with the Costello-Comrey Anxiety Scale supported the construct validity of the Discomfort Anxiety Scale. The sample included 28 graduate social work students in a research methods class and 28 undergraduate students in an introductory social work class at Michigan State University.

Reliability and Validity of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity among U.S. Adults

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1243-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
John Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Religious Behavior ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Francis Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

To facilitate the use of the adult form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity in cross-cultural studies, the reliability and construct validity of the scale were examined among two samples of U.S. adults. Subjects completed the scale and answered questions concerning their own religious behavior and personal belief. Support was found for the reliability, unidimensionality, and construct validity of the scale among two samples of U.S. adults. Suggestions for further research are given.

Preliminary Study of Death Anxiety of Believers versus Percipients of the Paranormal

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 345-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Houran
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Stated Belief ◽  
Preliminary Study

This research tested the hypotheses that belief in the paranormal is associated with a lessening of death anxiety and that direct experiences of the paranormal are stronger correlates with less fear than the stated belief. Contrary to predictions, scores on Templer's 1970 Death Anxiety Scale were not associated with scores on either Belief in the Paranormal or Paranormal Experiences, subscales of the Anomalous Experiences Inventory. Instead, significant sex differences were found on three out of the five subscales which indicate a need to clarify possible sex-specific variables in the perception and report of anomalous phenomena by 14 men and 19 women.

Are Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Norms on Death Anxiety Valid?

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Beshai
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Inner Sense ◽  
Empirical Fact ◽  
Language And Communication ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

Cross-cultural comparisons of norms derived from research on Death Anxiety are valid as long as they provide existential validity. Existential validity is not empirically derived like construct validity. It is an understanding of being human unto death. It is the realization that death is imminent. It is the inner sense that provides a responder to death anxiety scales with a valid expression of his or her sense about the prospect of dying. It can be articulated in a life review by a disclosure of one's ontology. This article calls upon psychologists who develop death anxiety scales to disclose their presuppositions about death before administering a questionnaire. By disclosing his or her ontology a psychologist provides a means of disclosing his or her intentionality in responding to the items. This humanistic paradigm allows for an interactive participation between investigator and subject. Lester, Templer, and Abdel-Khalek (2006–2007) enriched psychology with significant empirical data on several correlates of death anxiety. But all scientists, especially psychologists, will always have alternative interpretations of the same empirical fact pattern. Empirical data is limited by the affirmation of the consequent limitation. A phenomenology of language and communication makes existential validity a necessary step for a broader understanding of the meaning of death anxiety.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of Abdel-Khalek’s Death Anxiety Scale among College Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aybala Saricicek Aydogan ◽  
Seref Gulseren ◽  
Ozyil Ozturk Sarikaya ◽  
Cigdem Ozen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Turkish Version

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation in Kuwait and United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1109-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
American Sample ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Total Scale Score

Kuwaiti ( n = 460) and American ( n = 273) college students responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in Arabic and English languages, respectively. Coefficients alpha were .93 and .95, while the item-remainder correlations ranged from .37 to .75 and from .33 to .81 for the Kuwaiti and American samples, respectively. Three factors were identified for the Kuwaiti sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective, (2) Somatic, and (3) Behavioral/Subjective Anxiety and two factors for the American sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective/Behavioral and (2) Somatic Anxiety. The Kuwaiti sample had significantly higher mean scores on 13 of the 20 items and on the total scale score than the American sample. Sex differences were significant in both countries. By and large, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale seems viable in the American and Kuwaiti contexts.

Comparison of Death Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Personality Traits of the People Who Live in Turkey and Denmark

2019 ◽  
pp. 003022281988578
Author(s):  
Seher Özdemir ◽  
Süleyman Kahraman ◽  
Hakan Ertufan
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Cultures

The aim of this research is to investigate death anxiety of the people who live in Turkey and Denmark and have the same cultural background. Cross-cultural studies about death anxiety have been conducted within two different cultures. The goal is to fill the gap in the literature. In this context, participants’ self-esteem and personality traits were also investigated. Death Anxiety Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and The Big Five Inventory were used in this study. Seventy-four people from Turkey and 67 from Denmark participated in this research. According to the results, people who live in Turkey have more death anxiety. There is negative correlation between self-esteem and death anxiety. Neuroticism of the personality traits has positive correlation with death anxiety.

scholarly journals Generalizability is not optional: insights from a cross-cultural study of social discounting

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 181386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Tiokhin ◽  
Joseph Hackman ◽  
Shirajum Munira ◽  
Khaleda Jesmin ◽  
Daniel Hruschka
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Social Discounting ◽  
Do So

Current scientific reforms focus more on solutions to the problem of reliability (e.g. direct replications) than generalizability. Here, we use a cross-cultural study of social discounting to illustrate the utility of a complementary focus on generalizability across diverse human populations. Social discounting is the tendency to sacrifice more for socially close individuals—a phenomenon replicated across countries and laboratories. Yet, when adapting a typical protocol to low-literacy, resource-scarce settings in Bangladesh and Indonesia, we find no independent effect of social distance on generosity, despite still documenting this effect among US participants. Several reliability and validity checks suggest that methodological issues alone cannot explain this finding. These results illustrate why we must complement replication efforts with investment in strong checks on generalizability. By failing to do so, we risk developing theories of human nature that reliably explain behaviour among only a thin slice of humanity.

Some Correlates of Test-Taking Anxiety

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Science Class ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Achievement Anxiety

The relations of anxiety as measured by the Alpert-Haber Achievement Anxiety scale to extroversion, neuroticism, and optimism were explored. Anxiety scores were those derived from the Facilitating (helpful) subscale, the Debilitating (crippling) subscale, and the Facilitating minus the Debilitating subscale. Ss were 134 members of a sophomore social science class. For the total group, significant relationships were found among three measures of anxiety and neuroticism and optimism but none with extroversion. By sex, only the males showed the same significant correlations as the total sample. Further studies, particularly with the anxiety measures, must be cautious of possible sex differences. Since the relationships found among neuroticism, optimism, and the anxiety types were logical, some construct validity is derived for the Alpert-Haber scale.

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