Self-competence in death work. Spanish version of the Self-Competence in Death Work Scale

The dimensionality of the Death Anxiety Inventory-Revised in Colombian-aged adults

“…Unsurprisingly, the full version of the DAI-R has consistently shown high consistency with some items with low loadings because internal consistency is highly sensitive to the number of items (Campo-Arias & Oviedo, 2008). This fact has been documented repeatedly in studies that have used the DAI-R (Edo-Gual et al, 2015;Limonero et al, 2003;Onu et al, 2021;Tomás-Sábado & Limonero, 2004;Vallés-Fructuoso et al, 2019). The values of Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega are overestimated when computed with a more oversized item set of 15 (Campo-Arias & Oviedo, 2008;Tavakol & Dennick, 2011).…”

Testing alternative models and predictive utility of the Death Anxiety Inventory-Revised: A COVID-19 related longitudinal population based study

“…Surprisingly, the overall mean score for the DAI-R at Wave 1 in the current study was 43.78, only marginally higher than that reported in medical and community settings. Indeed, Edo-Gual et al (2015) , in a sample of Spanish nursing undergraduates, reported a score of 41.52, whilst Vèsall-Fructuoso et al (2019) reported one of 41.51, in a study of individuals living with HIV/Aids. Some theorists suggested that DA and levels of psychological equanimity might have a more pronounced increase due to the pandemic ( Pyszczynski et al, 2021 ).…”

“…The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for this sample was 0.89, compared to 0.92 in the original validation study ( Tomás-Sábado et al, 2005 ). More recently, Vèsall-Fructuoso et al (2019) reported a Cronbach's alpha of 0.91 when using the scale to examine the psychometric properties of the Self Competence in Death Work Scale (SC-DWS), in a cohort of Spanish nursing professionals ( N = 106). Here, higher scores on the SC-DWS were positively correlated with measures of self-efficacy and meaning of life whilst being negatively correlated with DA.…”