Marti C Nathan, Choi Namkee G
Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Clin Gerontol. 2022 May-Jun;45(3):548-561. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1753275. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
: To investigate the psychometric properties of the 10-item Social Engagement and Activities Questionnaire (SEAQ) to assess social-group, interpersonal interaction, and solitary activities among low-income, depressed homebound older adults (n = 269).: We used principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate the underlying dimensions of the 10-item full SEAQ and a 6-item abbreviated item set. We assessed evidence of validity for the SEAQ by examining relationships between the SEAQ and older adults' clinical characteristics: perceived social support, disability, and depressive symptoms.: PCA results showed two components: (1) a general social-group activities engagement component; and (2) a low level of socialization (i.e., strong negative coefficients on the recreational activities and self-enrichment/educational activities and a negative coefficient for interpersonal interaction activities). The general social-group activities engagement component in both the full and abbreviated SEAQ were significantly positively correlated with the full and abbreviated SEAQ and perceived social support, providing evidence for convergent validity, and they were significantly negatively correlated with disability and depressive symptoms, providing evidence for discriminant validity.: The present study provides evidence of validity for the use of the SEAQ to assess social engagement and activities among low-income, depressed homebound older adults.: The SEAQ may be used in future studies measuring changes in social engagement and activities in these older adults.
为调查10项社会参与和活动问卷（SEAQ）的心理测量特性，以评估低收入、居家抑郁的老年人（n = 269）的社会群体、人际互动和单独活动情况。我们采用主成分分析（PCA）来评估10项完整SEAQ和6项简化项目集的潜在维度。我们通过检查SEAQ与老年人临床特征（即感知到的社会支持、残疾和抑郁症状）之间的关系，来评估SEAQ的效度证据。主成分分析结果显示有两个成分：（1）一个一般社会群体活动参与成分；（2）一个低社交化水平成分（即娱乐活动和自我充实/教育活动的系数为强负相关，人际互动活动的系数为负相关）。完整和简化SEAQ中的一般社会群体活动参与成分均与完整和简化SEAQ以及感知到的社会支持显著正相关，提供了聚合效度的证据，且它们与残疾和抑郁症状显著负相关，提供了区分效度的证据。本研究为使用SEAQ评估低收入、居家抑郁老年人的社会参与和活动情况提供了效度证据。SEAQ可用于未来测量这些老年人社会参与和活动变化的研究中。
