Validation of the Chinese expanded Euthanasia Attitude Scale

Validation of the Chinese expanded Euthanasia Attitude Scale

• Chong, Alice Ming Lin Dept. of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
• Fok, Shiu Yeu School of Continuing and Professional Education, City University of Hong Kong

Death studies, 37(1), 89-98, 2013

Philadelphia, United States

Routledge

2013

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AC Socialization, Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity, Affective, Emotional, Psycho-social & Moral Development
• B Human Behaviour
  • BB Interests, Attitudes & Values

Death Test Validity Attitude Measures Factor Analysis

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article reports the validation of the Chinese version of an expanded 31-item Euthanasia Attitude Scale. A 4-stage validation process included a pilot survey of 119 college students and a randomized household survey with 618 adults in Hong Kong. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a 4-factor structure of the scale, which can therefore be used to examine attitudes toward general, active, passive, and non-voluntary euthanasia. The scale considers the role effect in decision-making about euthanasia requests and facilitates cross-cultural comparison of attitudes toward euthanasia. The new Chinese scale is more robust than its Western predecessors conceptually and measurement-wise.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 07481187

• 10.1080/07481187.2011.623214

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/a70e610d

2014-05-29