End-of-Life Preferences: A Theory-Driven Inventory

The study aimed at making a theory-driven inventory of end-of-life preferences. Participants were asked about a variety of preferences representing all eight motivational states described in Apter's Metamotivational Theory (AMT; Apter, 2001). Data from a convenience sample of 965 community part...

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Published in:International journal of aging & human development 2009-01, Vol.68 (1), p.1-26
Main Authors: Bonin-Scaon, Sylvie, Sastre, María Teresa Muñoz, Chasseigne, Gérard, Sorum, Paul C., Mullet, Etienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging (Individuals)
Attitude to Death
Autonomy
Biological and medical sciences
Confirmatory factor analysis
Conflict
Death
Decisions
Developmental psychology
Discriminant analysis
Educational Status
Empathy
Factor Analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Factor Structure
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gerontology
Humans
Humor
Hypothesis Testing
Interest Inventories
Interest Research
Interpersonal Relations
Love
Male
Measures
Middle Aged
Older Adults
Palliative Care - methods
Palliative Care - psychology
Personal Autonomy
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Religion
Religiosity
Sex Factors
Social Indicators
Suffering
Surveys and Questionnaires
Terminal Care - methods
Terminal Care - psychology
Terminal Illness
Terminal illnesses
Thanatology
Young Adult
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Summary:The study aimed at making a theory-driven inventory of end-of-life preferences. Participants were asked about a variety of preferences representing all eight motivational states described in Apter's Metamotivational Theory (AMT; Apter, 2001). Data from a convenience sample of 965 community participants and a convenience sample of 81 persons suffering from a terminal illness were examined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Ten factors were evidenced; they were easily interpretable in the AMT framework. In decreasing order of importance, people would, at the time of their death, like to have an understanding doctor, to be at peace with themselves, to remain autonomous, to keep a sense of humor, to remain able to oppose any decision taken without their consent, to remain an object of love, to remain a reference for others, to have resolved conflicts with others, to leave their businesses in good order, and to find themselves at peace with God.
ISSN:0091-4150
1541-3535
DOI:10.2190/AG.68.1.a