Using polytomous item response models to assess death anxiety

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Gómez, Juana ^a   Hidalgo, M Dolores ^b   Tomá Sábado, Joaquín ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Death anxiety; Item response theory; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247229689     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000263966.24125.92     Document Type: Article

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