Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Psicothema. 2017 Nov;29(4):482-489. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2016.314.
There is a broad semantic network of aging stereotypes; where different concepts and their measurement are confused: personal stereotypes, self-stereotypes and self-perception of aging.
First, we analyze the translated version of the Image of Aging Scale (IAS) measurement model through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with two representative sub-samples of the Spanish population aged over eighteen (N = 1,105) and in a sample of gerontologists and geriatricians (N = 325). Second, in an effort to disentangle the theoretical relationships between personal stereotypes, self-stereotypes and self-perception of aging, both the IAS (with different instructions) and Lawton’s 5-item scale were administered to a representative sample of Spanish people over 50.
Our results indicate that the Spanish version of the IAS has a similar psychometric structure to that proposed by the authors. Furthermore, the factorial structure (equal form and metric invariance) is replicated in both samples, but latent means and factor correlations were higher in the professional group.
We discuss Levy’s theoretical assumptions about personal-stereotypes and the self-stereotype measured with IAS and their relationship to self-perception of ageing.
衰老刻板印象存在广泛的语义网络；不同的概念及其测量方法混淆不清：个人刻板印象、自我刻板印象和对衰老的自我认知。
首先，我们通过探索性和验证性因子分析，对衰老形象量表（IAS）的翻译版测量模型进行分析，使用西班牙 18 岁以上人群的两个代表性子样本（N=1105）和一组老年病学家和老年医学家样本（N=325）。其次，为了理清个人刻板印象、自我刻板印象和对衰老的自我认知之间的理论关系，我们向西班牙 50 岁以上的代表性人群同时施测 IAS（有不同的指导语）和 Lawton 的 5 项量表。
我们的结果表明，IAS 的西班牙语版本具有与作者提出的类似的心理测量结构。此外，在两个样本中都复制了因子结构（等形式和度量不变性），但在专业组中，潜在均值和因子相关性更高。
我们讨论了 Levy 关于个人刻板印象和 IAS 测量的自我刻板印象的理论假设，以及它们与对衰老的自我认知的关系。
