Soleimani, Mohammad Ali and Yaghoob Zadeh, Ameneh and Bahrami, Nasim and Pahlevan Sharif, Saeed and Sharif Nia, Hamid (2016) Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Templer's Death Anxiety Scale in Cancer Patients. DEATH STUDIES.
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Abstract
In this study, 398 Iranian cancer patients completed the 15-item Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). Tests of internal consistency, principal components analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to assess the internal consistency and factorial validity of the Persian TDAS. The Construct reliability statistic and average variance extracted were also calculated to measure construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. Principal components analysis indicated a three component solution, which was generally supported in the confirmatory analysis However, acceptable cutoffs for construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity were not fulfilled for the three subscales that were derived from the principal component analysis. This study demonstrated both the advantages and potential limitations of using the TDAS with Persian-speaking cancer patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | University Portal > research center > sdh |
| Depositing User: | pr SDH research |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2018 05:39 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2018 05:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.qums.ac.ir/id/eprint/7410 |
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