In Germany, only limited data are available on attitudes towards death. Existing measurements are complex and time consuming, and data on psychometric properties are limited. The Death Attitude Profile- Revised (DAP-R) captures attitudes towards dying and death. The measure consists of 32 items, which are assigned to 5 dimensions (Fear of Death, Death Avoidance, Neutral Acceptance, Approach Acceptance, Escape Acceptance). It has been translated and tested in several countries, but no German version exists to date. This study reports the translation of the Death Attitudes Profile-Revised (DAP-R) into German (DAP-GR) using a cross-cultural adaption process methodology and its psychometric assessment. The DAP-R was translated following guidelines for cultural adaption. A total of 216 medical students of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf participated in this study. Interrater reliability was investigated by means of Kendall’s W concordance coefficient. The internal consistency of the DAP-GR Scales was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients. Split-half reliability was estimated using Spearman-Brown coefficients. Convergent validity was measured by Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Content validity was assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 24 and AMOS 22. The items showed fair to good interrater reliability, with W-values ranging from .30 to .79. Internal consistency of the five subscales ranged from .61 (Neutral Acceptance) to .94 (Approach Acceptance). Split-half reliability was good, with a Spearman-Brown-coefficient of .83. The results of CFA slightly diverged from the original scale. Our results suggest overall good reliability of the German version of the DAP-R. The DAP-GR promises to be a robust instrument to establish normative data on death attitudes for use in German-speaking countries.

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修订后的死亡态度简介（DAP-GR）的德语版–翻译和验证对死亡态度的多维度量

在德国，关于死亡态度的数据很少。现有的测量是复杂且耗时的，并且关于心理测量特性的数据是有限的。经修订的死亡态度档案（DAP-R）记录了对死亡和死亡的态度。该度量包括32个项目，分为5个维度（对死亡的恐惧，死亡避免，中立接受，进近接受，逃生接受）。它已在多个国家/地区进行了翻译和测试，但迄今为止尚无德语版本。这项研究报告了使用跨文化适应过程方法及其心理计量学评估，将死亡态度档案（DAP-R）修改为德语（DAP-GR）。DAP-R的翻译遵循文化适应准则。杜塞尔多夫海因里希海涅大学的216名医学生参加了这项研究。通过Kendall的W一致性系数研究了评估者间的信度。DAP-GR量表的内部一致性通过Cronbach'sα系数进行了评估。使用Spearman-Brown系数估算了一半的可靠性。收敛效度通过Spearman相关系数来衡量。通过验证性因子分析（CFA）评估内容的有效性。所有统计分析均使用SPSS 24和AMOS 22进行。这些项目显示出良好的间隔可靠性，W值介于0.30至0.79之间。五个子量表的内部一致性范围从0.61（中立接受）到0.94（方法接受）。半对等可靠性很好，Spearman-Brown系数为0.83。CFA的结果与原始比例略有出入。我们的结果表明，DAP-R德文版总体上具有良好的可靠性。DAP-GR有望成为建立有关死亡态度的规范性数据的有力工具，以供德语国家使用。