Citation

Cruzado JA, Ibáñez Del Prado C, Carrascosa Pujalte E, Wong PTP, Eisenbeck N, Carreno DF. Omega (Westport) 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/00302228221092860

PMID

35466802

Abstract

The Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) was developed in English-speaking cultures with the aim of measuring attitudes towards death. This measure consists of 32 items, grouped into five factors (Fear of Death, Avoidance of Death, Neutral Acceptance, Approach Acceptance, and Escape Acceptance). The DAP-R was translated and adapted to Spanish (DAP-RSp), and the psychometric properties were analyzed accross a general sample. The face validity was evaluated by 20 experts in palliative care. N = 417 (X = 39.06 years) took part in the validation. DAP-RSp showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha ranging from 0.67 for Neutral Acceptance to 0.95 for Escape a Acceptance, and 0.88 for the total), a multitrait scaling analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis reproduced the five dimensions of the original scale. The Spanish version of the DAP-R can be used as a valid scale to assess attitudes towards death in Spanish speaking population.

Language: en

Keywords

adults and death; confirmatory factor analysis; cultural adaptation; death attitude; death attitude profile–revised; thanatology; validation