Validation of the Chinese expanded euthanasia attitude scale
Author(s)
Author(s)
Fok, S.-Y.
Date Issued
2013
Publisher
Routledge
Journal
Death Studies
Volume
37
Issue
1
Start page
89
End page
98
Abstract
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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