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The Near-Death Experience Scale: Construction, Reliability, and Validity

GREYSON, BRUCE·1983·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
DOI 10.1097/00005053-198306000-00007
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Near-death experiences (NDEs) have been described consistently since antiquity and more rigorously in recent years. Investigation into their mechanisms and effects has been impeded by the lack of quantitative measures of the NDE and its components. From an initial pool of 80 manifestations characteristic of NDEs, a 33-item scaled-response preliminary questionnaire was developed, which was completed by knowledgeable subjects describing their 74 NDEs. Items with significant item-total score correlations that could be grouped into clinically meaningful clusters constituted the final 16-item NDE Scale. The scale was found to have high internal consistency, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability; was highly correlated with Ring's Weighted Core Experience Index; and differentiated those who unequivocally claimed to have had NDEs from those with qualified or questionable claims. This reliable, valid, and easily administered scale is clinically useful in differentiating NDEs from organic brain syndromes and nonspecific stress responses, and can standardize further research into mechanisms and effects of NDEs.

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Authors
GREYSON, B.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
GREYSON, BRUCE
ORCID
GREYSON, BRUCE
Venue
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
1983-06
Volume
171
Issue
6
Pages
369-375
ISSN
0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/00005053-198306000-00007
OpenAlex
W2077803993
Cited by
416
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FWCI
4.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
near-death experiences, scale development, questionnaire validation, organic mental disorders, stress response, psychometric reliability, psychometric validity
MeSH terms
Death, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychology, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Neurocognitive Disorders

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