Yale University, USA.
J Health Psychol. 1996 Oct;1(4):441-53. doi: 10.1177/135910539600100403.
Two studies are presented investigating the role of attitudes toward death in self- reported health-protective behavior. The Multidimensional Death Attitudes Scale (MDAS), based on three existing measures of death attitudes, was administered to a group of health professionals (N = 348). A principal components analysis revealed five factors, labeled Acceptance, Fear, Death as Passage, Death as Relief and Avoidance. The five- factor structure also was replicated in a second, somewhat different sample (N = 100). Twenty-three items loaded highly on the five factors, and the subscales showed good internal consistency. The relationship between the five death attitudes and self-reported health behaviors was explored. Acceptance of death was associated positively with physical exercise controlling for demographic and psychological variables. Accepting death but not viewing death as relief were associated with self- reported lower levels of drinking and driving.
有两项研究探讨了对死亡的态度在自我报告的健康保护行为中的作用。多维死亡态度量表（MDAS）基于三种现有的死亡态度测量方法，对一组健康专业人员（N=348）进行了测试。主成分分析显示出五个因素，分别是接受、恐惧、死亡为通道、死亡为解脱和回避。在第二个略有不同的样本（N=100）中也复制了五因素结构。23 个项目高度加载在五个因素上，子量表显示出良好的内部一致性。探讨了五种死亡态度与自我报告的健康行为之间的关系。在控制人口统计学和心理变量的情况下，接受死亡与体育锻炼呈正相关。接受死亡而不是将死亡视为解脱与自我报告的饮酒和驾车行为减少有关。
