Death depression and death obsession: are they different constructs?
This study examined the dimensional structure of Templer, et al.'s Death Depression Scale-Revised and Abdel-Khalek's Death Obsession Scale. The responses of 353 Spanish undergraduates, 261 women and 92 men (M age= 19 yr., SD= 3.1), to the Spanish forms of both scales were evaluated by means of a principal axis factoring with oblimin rotation. Three significant factors were identified: (1) Death Sadness, (2) Death Obsession, and (3) Death Anergia and Anhedonia. The distribution of the factor loadings for the items of both scales supported discriminant validity and capacity to evaluate aspects of human reactions to death.
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Escola Universitària d'Infermeria Gimbernat, Avinguda de la Generalitat s.n., 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. joaquin.tomas@cesc.es
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires