Validación Preliminar de la Escala de Ansiedad ante la Muerte de Templer en una Muestra Argentina
; Kersenbaum, Maia ; González, Pablo Christian 
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01/2021
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
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Psykhe
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0717-0297
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La Escala de Ansiedad ante la Muerte de Templer es uno de los instrumentos mundialmente más usados a esterespecto. Sin embargo, dicha escala no se ha adaptado en Sudamérica. De este modo, el presente trabajo examinósus propiedades psicométricas en una muestra argentina. Se constituyó una muestra intencional de 859 adultosemergentes de Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina (30% varones, con edades de 18a 30 años). Los participantes contestaron la Escala de Ansiedad ante la Muerte de Templer, las Escalas Ansiedad yDepresión de la Escala DASS-21 de Lovibond y Lovibond, el Inventario de Preocupación de Pensilvania de Meyer yotros y un cuestionario demográfico. Mediante análisis factoriales exploratorios y confirmatorios se comprobó unaestructura bifactorial que era más adecuada que una estructura unifactorial de la escala. La consistencia interna,confiabilidad compuesta y confiabilidad test/retest fueron satisfactorias. Con respecto a su validez concurrente, seobservaron correlaciones entre la escala y las medidas de ansiedad, depresión y preocupación ?rs de tamañopequeño y mediano que iban de 0,28 a 0,48?. Estos resultados indicarían que esta versión preliminar de la escalamostró evidencias de validez y confiabilidad en la Argentina. En la discusión se analizan las implicancias de estoshallazgos y se brindan sugerencias para futuros estudios, como estudiar sus propiedades en otras naciones deSudamérica y evaluar su validez concurrente con otras medidas de ansiedad ante la muerte.
Templer's Death Anxiety Scale is one of the most widely used instruments for evaluating death-related anxiety. However, this scale has never been adapted in South America. Thus, the present study examined the psychometric properties of this scale in an Argentinean sample. An intentional sample was constituted, comprising 859 emerging adults from Buenos Aires, Argentina (30% male, aged 18 to 30 years). All participants completed Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, the Anxiety and Depression Scales of Lovibond and Lovibond's DASS-21 Scale, Meyer et al.'s Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and a demographic questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out, resulting in a two-factor structure that proved to be more appropriate than the scale's one-factor structure. Also, internal consistency, composite reliability, and test/retest consistency were found to be satisfactory. Regarding concurrent validity, correlations were observed between the scale and measures of anxiety, depression, and worry—small and medium sized rs ranging from 0.28 to 0.48—. These results suggest that this preliminary version of the scale showed evidence of validity and reliability in Argentina. In the discussion, the implications of these findings are analysed and suggestions for future research are made; for instance, studying the scale's properties in other South American countries and evaluating its concurrent validity with other measures of death anxiety.
Templer's Death Anxiety Scale is one of the most widely used instruments for evaluating death-related anxiety. However, this scale has never been adapted in South America. Thus, the present study examined the psychometric properties of this scale in an Argentinean sample. An intentional sample was constituted, comprising 859 emerging adults from Buenos Aires, Argentina (30% male, aged 18 to 30 years). All participants completed Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, the Anxiety and Depression Scales of Lovibond and Lovibond's DASS-21 Scale, Meyer et al.'s Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and a demographic questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out, resulting in a two-factor structure that proved to be more appropriate than the scale's one-factor structure. Also, internal consistency, composite reliability, and test/retest consistency were found to be satisfactory. Regarding concurrent validity, correlations were observed between the scale and measures of anxiety, depression, and worry—small and medium sized rs ranging from 0.28 to 0.48—. These results suggest that this preliminary version of the scale showed evidence of validity and reliability in Argentina. In the discussion, the implications of these findings are analysed and suggestions for future research are made; for instance, studying the scale's properties in other South American countries and evaluating its concurrent validity with other measures of death anxiety.
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