Development of the brief ageing perceptions questionnaire (B-APQ): a confirmatory factor analysis approach to item reduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper aimed to develop a short version of the 32-item Ageing Perceptions Questionnaire (APQ), a multi-dimensional measure based on Leventhal's self-regulation model. Ageing perceptions are a key area of interest for large-scale surveys of ageing populations. As these studies capture a broad range of health and social variables, included instruments need to be as concise as possible.

Methods

Data from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), a representative sample of community-dwelling individuals aged 50+ (n = 6,718), was used to revise the scale. Items for exclusion were identified by examining conceptual content, descriptive statistics, and by detecting sources of poor model fit using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Potential combinations of dim

SUBMITTER: Sexton E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4021231 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature