TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Chinese Expanded Euthanasia Attitude Scale
AU - Chong, Alice Ming-Lin
AU - Fok, Shiu-Yeu
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - 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. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
AB - 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. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2011.623214
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2011.623214
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 24600722
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 37
SP - 89
EP - 98
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 1
ER -