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Validade estrutural e externa do Death Anxiety Questionnaire numa amostra de adultos idosos portuguesa
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O objectivo deste estudo consiste em verificar se as variáveis idade (terceira versus
quarta idade), género e religião se relacionam com a Ansiedade Face à Morte (AFM),
nos adultos idosos portugueses. Para isso, foi testado um Modelo Estrutural Preditor da
AFM numa amostra de adultos idosos. A amostra integra 240 sujeitos, de ambos os
géneros, não institucionalizados, autónomos e funcionais, com um leque etário 65-90
anos (M = 72), residentes na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, seleccionados mediante
métodos de amostragem não probabilísticos, aos quais foi hetero-administrado o Death
Anxiety Questionnaire (DAQ), de Conte, Weiner e Plutchic (1982), adaptado / validado
para a população portuguesa por Simões & Neto (1994) e posteriormente por Barros
(1998). Através do teste do Modelo Estrutural Preditor da AFM (LISREL8-SIMPLIS)
verificou-se que há uma forte relação do género e da religião com a AFM: os adultos
idosos pertencentes ao género masculino e com maior implicação religiosa
demonstraram ser mais ansiosos face ao tema da morte.
The purpose of this study is to verify if the variables age (third versus fourth age), gender and religion are relationed with Death Anxiety (DA), on the old portuguese adults. So it was tested a Predictor Structural Model of the DA in a sample of old adults. The sample involve 240 subjects, of both genders, not institutionalized, autonomous and functional, with age between 65 - 90 years (M = 72), from Lisbon Metropolitan Area, selected by sampling non probabilistic methods, who was heteroadministrated the Death Anxiety Questionnaire (DAQ), of Conte, Weiner and Plutchic (1982), adapted/validated for the portuguese population by Simões & Neto (1994) and therefore by Barros (1998). Through the test of the Predictor Structural Model of the DA (LISREL8-SIMPLIS) it was verified there are a strong connection of the gender and religion with DA: the old adults belong to gender masculine and with a bigger implication religious showed been more anxious face death theme.
Old portuguese adults, Death anxiety, Predictor Structural Model
The purpose of this study is to verify if the variables age (third versus fourth age), gender and religion are relationed with Death Anxiety (DA), on the old portuguese adults. So it was tested a Predictor Structural Model of the DA in a sample of old adults. The sample involve 240 subjects, of both genders, not institutionalized, autonomous and functional, with age between 65 - 90 years (M = 72), from Lisbon Metropolitan Area, selected by sampling non probabilistic methods, who was heteroadministrated the Death Anxiety Questionnaire (DAQ), of Conte, Weiner and Plutchic (1982), adapted/validated for the portuguese population by Simões & Neto (1994) and therefore by Barros (1998). Through the test of the Predictor Structural Model of the DA (LISREL8-SIMPLIS) it was verified there are a strong connection of the gender and religion with DA: the old adults belong to gender masculine and with a bigger implication religious showed been more anxious face death theme.
Old portuguese adults, Death anxiety, Predictor Structural Model
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção do grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
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Adultos idosos portugueses Ansiedade face à morte Modelo estrutural Old portuguese adults Death anxiety Structural model