Which statement is an operational definition of a concept?
a. Death anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling on contemplation of one's own death, measured by Templar's Death Anxiety Scale (Templar, 1986).
b. Pain is a pattern of responses to protect the organism from harm (Sternbach, 1979).
c. Maternal identity entails maternal cognitions and affect with regard to the maternal-infant relational system (Walker and Montgomery, 1994).
d. Spirituality is a way of being or experiencing that comes about through an awareness of a transcendent dimension and one's identifiable values with regard to self, other, nature, and whatever one considers to be ultimate (Elkins, 1988).
ANS: A
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A An operational definition of death anxiety is provided because it states how death anxiety will be measured.
B This statement is a conceptual definition of pain.
C This statement is a conceptual definition of maternal identity.
D This statement is a conceptual definition of spirituality.
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