1 Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.
2 School of Applied Psychology, Social Work and Policy, College of Arts and Sciences, Northern University of Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
Res Aging. 2019 Jul;41(6):549-574. doi: 10.1177/0164027518825117. Epub 2019 Jan 30.
The aim of this study was to describe and systematically evaluate the psychometric properties of attitudes to aging measures that have been validated in adults younger than 60 years. Studies were assessed for methodological quality using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments. Best evidence synthesis was performed to summarize the levels of evidence. Systematic searching yielded 21 articles, relating to 10 different measures. Some instruments were validated only in middle-aged and older people, while others were validated in a wider age range. Measures differed in whether their items related to participants' own experiences of aging, their anticipated future aging, and/or aging in general. None of the measures had had all of its psychometric properties assessed. The Expectations Regarding Ageing-12 and the Anxiety About Ageing Scale received positive ratings for the greatest number of psychometric properties, but capture different constructs, and may be differentially suited to different age groups of younger adults.
本研究旨在描述和系统评估已在 60 岁以下成年人中验证的、针对老龄化态度的测量工具的心理计量学特性。使用共识标准来评估研究的方法学质量，以选择健康测量工具。最佳证据综合用于总结证据水平。系统检索产生了 21 篇文章，涉及 10 种不同的测量工具。一些工具仅在中年及以上人群中得到验证，而另一些工具则在更广泛的年龄范围内得到验证。这些工具的不同之处在于，其项目是否与参与者自身的老龄化体验、他们预期的未来老龄化以及/或一般的老龄化有关。没有一个测量工具对其所有心理计量学特性进行了评估。在心理计量学特性方面，“对老龄化的期望-12”和“对老龄化的焦虑量表”获得了最多的正面评价，但它们捕捉到不同的结构，可能更适合不同年龄组的年轻成年人。
