Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the death attitude profile-revised

The present study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R; Wong, Reker, & Gessar, 1994) using a sample of 403 hospital and hospice nurses. A principal-components f actor analysis of the DAP-R indicated that the DAP-R may consist of six fac tors instead of the five originally reported by Wong et al. The first four factors reported by Wong et al., which correspond to the subscales that the y labeled Fear of Death, Death Avoidance, Approach Acceptance, and Escape A cceptance, were replicated in the present study, and these subscales were f ound to have acceptable levels of internal consistency and to possess some degree of concurrent validity. However, the items which loaded on the fifth factor in Wong et al.'s study (their "Neutral Acceptance" subscale) were s plit across two factors in the present study, suggesting that this subscale may not be measuring a unitary construct.