Citation

Wang L, Chen J, Xu Z, Zhao Q. Death Stud. 2022; 46(3): 658-665.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2020.1753851

PMID

32286160

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Death Depression Scale in a sample of 391 nursing students. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.91, ranging from 0.65 to 0.91 for each subscale. Test-retest reliability was satisfactory (r = 0.821). Overall content validity index was 0.83. An exploratory factor analysis yielded 5 factors: anergia and anhedonia, death sadness, other death, death emptiness, and death vacuum. The model had an acceptable fit, with all factors loading greater than 0.5.

RESULTS provide preliminary support for the reliability and validity of the measure in nursing student populations.

Language: en