Citation

Abdel-Khalek AM, Lester D. Death Stud. 2004; 28(8): 787-793.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 68168 Kaifan, Code No 71962, Kuwait. ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15446286

Abstract

A sample of 209 volunteer Kuwaiti undergraduates responded to an Arabic version of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale with 4 subscales: Death of Self, Dying of Self, Death of Others, and Dying of Others. Reliabilities of the 4 subscales and of the grand total score ranged from 0.75 to 0.92, which is considered adequate. A 4-factor solution was congruent with the allocation of items to 2 subscales (i.e. Dying of Self and Death of Others), whereas the theorized factor structure of the other 2 subscales were only partially supported by empirical analyses. The intercorrelations between the 4 total subscale scores yielded a general factor of death and dying, denoting good factorial validity of the scale.

Language: en