Hulicka I M, Morganti J B, Cataldo J F
Exp Aging Res. 1975 Sep;1(1):27-39. doi: 10.1080/03610737508257944.
An Importance, Locus and Range of Activities Checklist, designed to assess self-perceived latitude of choice, a self concept and a life satisfaction scale were administered to 25 institutionalized and 25 noninstitutionalized elderly females. The checklist contained statements about 37 activities of daily living which subjects rated for personal importance and degree of choice available to them. The derived latitude of choice score was based jointly on importance and choice ratings for each activity. Institutionalized respondents, living in a relatively restrictive environment, earned significantly lower latitude of choice scores than did noninstitutionalized subjects. Latitude of choice, self concept and life satisfaction scores were significantly correlated. These findings attest to the appropriateness of the technique used to assess perceived latitude of choice. Modifications of the Importance, Locus and Range of Activities Checklist designed to provide a more profound measure of latitude of choice and to improve the applicability of the scale to different categories of respondents were discussed.
向25名住养老院的老年女性和25名不住养老院的老年女性发放了一份活动重要性、地点和范围清单，该清单旨在评估自我感知的选择自由度，还发放了一份自我概念和生活满意度量表。清单包含有关37项日常生活活动的陈述，受试者对这些活动的个人重要性以及他们可选择的程度进行评分。得出的选择自由度分数是基于每项活动的重要性和选择评分共同得出的。生活在相对受限环境中的住养老院的受访者所获得的选择自由度分数显著低于不住养老院的受试者。选择自由度、自我概念和生活满意度分数显著相关。这些发现证明了用于评估感知选择自由度的技术的适用性。讨论了对活动重要性、地点和范围清单的修改，旨在提供对选择自由度更深入的衡量，并提高该量表对不同类别受访者的适用性。
