The Reliability and Validity of Revised Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale (Version 3) in a Nigerian Population

The Reliability and Validity of Revised Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale (Version 3) in a Nigerian Population

The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale in a Nigerian population. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among medical students using the Collett—Lester fear of death questionnaire, demographic variables were also obtained. A tota...

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Veröffentlicht in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2008-10, Vol.57 (2), p.195-205
Hauptverfasser: Kolawole, Mosaku S., Olusegun, Ajenifuja Ko
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Anxiety - diagnosis
Attitude to Death
Black people
Death & dying
Fear
Fear & phobias
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Nigeria
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
Reference Values
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Students - psychology
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Validity
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Collett—Lester Fear of Death Scale in a Nigerian population. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among medical students using the Collett—Lester fear of death questionnaire, demographic variables were also obtained. A total of 175 students completed the questionnaire. Reliability score was good and convergent validity was also good. We concluded that the scale has good validity and reliability score among this population.
ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
DOI:10.2190/OM.57.2.e