Zueck-Enríquez María Del Carmen, Soto Ma Concepción, Aguirre Susana Ivonne, Ornelas Martha, Blanco Humberto, Peinado Jesús Enrique, Barrón-Luján Juan Cristóbal, Aguirre Juan Francisco
Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua ZP 30000, Mexico.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Nov 23;9(12):1612. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9121612.
Anxiety about aging is an important mediating factor in attitudes and behavior toward elderly individuals as well as a mediating factor in the adjustment to one's own aging processes. The aim of this study was to analyze the factor structure, internal consistency and factorial invariance by sex of the Lasher and Faulkender Anxiety about Aging Scale. The sample consisted of 601 Mexican older adults, 394 women and 207 men, with a mean age of 70.69 ± 8.10 years. The factor structure of the questionnaire was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. Analyses show that a four-factor structure is feasible and adequate. The four-factor structure (fear of the elderly, psychological concerns, physical appearance and fear of loss), according to statistical and substantive criteria, showed adequate reliability and validity indicators. However, the obtained model does not fully coincide with that proposed by the questionnaire authors, although it continues to support the multi-factor component of anxiety about aging. On the other hand, the factor structure, the factor loadings and the intercepts are considered invariant in the two populations (men and women); however, there are differences between populations on the means of the physical appearance and fear of loss factors.
对衰老的焦虑是对老年人态度和行为的一个重要中介因素，也是对自身衰老过程适应的一个中介因素。本研究的目的是分析拉舍和福肯德衰老焦虑量表的因子结构、内部一致性以及按性别划分的因子不变性。样本包括601名墨西哥老年人，其中394名女性和207名男性，平均年龄为70.69±8.10岁。使用验证性因子分析对问卷的因子结构进行了分析。分析表明，四因子结构是可行且合适的。根据统计和实质标准，四因子结构（对老年人的恐惧、心理担忧、外貌和对失去的恐惧）显示出足够的信度和效度指标。然而，所得到的模型与问卷作者提出的模型并不完全一致，尽管它仍然支持衰老焦虑的多因素成分。另一方面，因子结构、因子载荷和截距在两个人群（男性和女性）中被认为是不变的；然而，在人群之间，外貌和对失去恐惧因子的均值存在差异。
