Item factor analysis of the Italian version of the Death Anxiety Scale

✍ Scribed by Aristide Saggino; Paul Kline

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 318 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199605)52:3<329::aid-jclp11>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

The 15 items of the Italian edition of the Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) were subjected to a principal components factor analysis with a sample of 257 subjects. Three factors, selected by the scree test, were rotated using the Direct Oblimin procedure. Cronbach alpha-coefficients are reported for the scale and the factors together with their intercorrelations. The results demonstrate that the DAS is a multidimensional scale. Therefore, its utility is questioned. Suggestions are made for future research. 0 1996 John Wiley &