Divergent patterns of confrontation with death using the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire (AFEQT): a cross-sectional comparative study of four samples with increasing proximity to death

Valdés-Stauber, Juan; Stabenow, Ursula; Böttinger, Jakob; Kramer, Sarah; Kilian, Reinhold

doi:10.1186/s12904-021-00818-y

Table 4 Reliability of the “Anticipatory Farewell to Existence Questionnaire” along dimensions and each corresponding factor by means of Cronbach’s alpha applied to the four compared subsamples

From: Divergent patterns of confrontation with death using the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire (AFEQT): a cross-sectional comparative study of four samples with increasing proximity to death

	Whole sample (N = 485)		Young adults (N = 152)		Middle-aged adults (N = 150)		Elderly people (N = 62)		Dying persons (N = 121)
	Cronbach’s α		Cronbach’s α		Cronbach’s α		Cronbach’s α		Cronbach’s α
	AIC	α	AIC	α	AIC	α	AIC	α	AIC	α
a) Permanence	0.52	0.74	0.54	0.70	0.55	0.73	0.51	0.64	0.31	0.63
b) Metaphysical rise	0.38	0.56	0.21	0.47	0.78	0,69	0.57	0.62	0.37	0.44
Dimension I: Self-transcendence	*0.36*	*0.74*	*0.31*	*0.71*	*0.24*	*0.68*	*0.19*	*0.63*	*0.27*	*0.65*
a) Conclusion	0.50	0.66	0.19	0.48	0.43	0.70	0.30	0.56	0.53	0.60
b) Farewell	0.43	0.65	0.15	0.41	0.15	0.39	0.38	0.64	0.57	0.54
Dimension II: Expiration time of own existence	*0.38*	*0.74*	*0.33*	*0.71*	*0.22*	*0.72*	*0.26*	*0.71*	*0.15*	*0.51*
a) Bequest	0.25	0.68	0.29	0.72	0.23	0.64	0.31	0.62	0.34	0.61
b) Charity	0.24	0.52	0.16	0.39	0.21	0.51	0.30	0.53	0.39	0.53
Dimension III: Altruistic preoccupation	*0.22*	*0.72*	*0.24*	*0.72*	*0.16*	*0.72*	*0.27*	*0.71*	*0.22*	*0.63*
a) Fulfilment	0.29	0.64	0.35	0.70	0.24	0.70	0.48	0.68	0.27	0.52
b) Harmony	0.39	0.74	0.41	0.70	0.30	0.77	0.36	0.63	0.23	0.61
Dimension IV: Reconciliation with own existence	*0.35*	*0.83*	*0.43*	*0.85*	*0.27*	*0.85*	*0.40*	*0.80*	*0.27*	*0.73*
a) Resistance	0.58	0.58	0.20	0.53	0.45	0.70	0.41	0.58	0.48	0.47
b) Acceptance	0.50	0.66	0.20	0.48	0.28	0.60	0.88	0.80	0.15	0.31
Dimension V: Struggle for acceptance of own death	*0.30*	*0.70*	*0.18*	*0.63*	*0.24*	*0.71*	*0.43*	*0.75*	*0.07*	*0.42*
*Whole test*	0.23	0.91	0.18	0.90	0.16	0.91	0.22	0.90	0.11	0.83

AIC = average inter-item correlation; α = scale reliability coefficient; the reliability is defined as the square of the correlation between the measured scale and the underlying factor. When α of an item > α of the scale, then the item was removed

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