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Psychometric study of the Awareness of Age-Related Change (AARC) Short Scale translated to Portuguese, applied to Brazilian older adults / Estudo psicométrico AARC Short Scale traduzido para o português, respondido por idosos brasileiros
Graduate Program of GerontologyNeri, Anita Liberalesso; Wahl, Hans-Werner; Kaspar, Roman; Diehl, Manfred; Graduate Program of GerontologyBatistoni, Samila Sathler Tavares; Graduate Program of GerontologyCachioni, Meire; Graduate Program of GerontologyYassuda, Mônica Sanches.
  • Graduate Program of GerontologyNeri, Anita Liberalesso; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. School of Medical Sciences. Graduate Program of GerontologyNeri, Anita Liberalesso. Campinas. BR
  • Wahl, Hans-Werner; Heidelberg University. Institute of Psychology. Heidelberg. DE
  • Kaspar, Roman; University of Cologne. Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics and Social Sciences of Health. Cologne. DE
  • Diehl, Manfred; Colorado State University. Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Fort Collins. US
  • Graduate Program of GerontologyBatistoni, Samila Sathler Tavares; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. School of Medical Sciences. Graduate Program of GerontologyBatistoni, Samila Sathler Tavares. Campinas. BR
  • Graduate Program of GerontologyCachioni, Meire; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. School of Medical Sciences. Graduate Program of GerontologyCachioni, Meire. Campinas. BR
  • Graduate Program of GerontologyYassuda, Mônica Sanches; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. School of Medical Sciences. Graduate Program of GerontologyYassuda, Mônica Sanches. Campinas. BR
Dement. neuropsychol ; 15(2): 230-238, Apr.-June 2021. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1286195
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT. The concept Awareness of Age-Related Change (AARC) is defined as a person's awareness that their behavior, level of physical, cognitive and social performance, and ways of experiencing life have changed as a consequence of having grown older, and not because of disease.

Objective:

A psychometric study investigating evidence of construct validity and internal consistency of the Portuguese version of the AARC Short Scale was carried out.

Method:

A convenience sample of 387 individuals aged≥60 years with no deficit suggestive of dementia were recruited at venues frequented by older persons and at households. Participants answered the Portuguese version of the scale, along with questionnaires collecting sociodemographic and frailty variables and self-rated health based on personal criteria and relative to peers.

Results:

Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses derived a structure with two orthogonal factors representing the latent variables gains and losses, invariant for age group, thus replicating the original scale. The factors explained a large proportion of item variability (58.6 to 51.8%) and exhibited high loadings (0.886 to 0.432) and good communality [0.787 for item 4 (better sense of what is important) and 0.369 for item 6 (less energy)]. The hypotheses of covariance between the new instrument and the parallel measures of frailty and self-rated health were confirmed. The levels of internal consistency were high (α>0.700).

Conclusion:

Evidence confirmed the factor and convergent (construct) validity and internal consistency of the new scale in Portuguese.
RESUMO
RESUMO. O reconhecimento de ganhos e perdas associados ao envelhecimento desempenha papel regulador em relação ao self e às atitudes sociais quanto à velhice.

Objetivo:

Investigar indicadores de validade de construto, consistência interna e validade convergente da Awareness of Age-Related Change Short Scale (AARC) traduzida para o português.

Método:

Um total de 387 indivíduos de 60 anos ou mais compuseram amostra de conveniência que respondeu à versão do estudo AARC Short Scale em português, e a medidas de fragilidade, autoavaliação de saúde e caracterização sociodemográfica. As explorações de validade de construto foram mediadas por análises fatoriais exploratórias (com rotação Varimax e oblíqua/Promax), e confirmatórias (método de equações estruturais para variáveis latentes); as de consistência interna, pelo teste de Cronbach e as de validade convergente, pelas correlações entre os itens da escala, fragilidade e saúde autorreferida.

Resultados:

A estrutura de dois fatores, ganhos e perdas, as cargas e a comunalidade dos itens da escala em português foram altas e similares nas análises fatoriais exploratórias e confirmatórias, e similares à versão original. Foi rejeitada a hipótese de correlação entre os fatores e confirmada a de invariância do construto às idades; consistência interna da escala e dos fatores indicada por índices α>0,700; fragilidade e saúde autorreferida correlacionaram-se negativamente com a pontuação na escala e em ganhos, e positivamente em perdas.

Conclusões:

Foram observadas evidências de validade de construto, consistência interna e validade convergente da versão do AARC Short Scale em português, para aplicação em amostras com características similares às desse estudo.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Reproducibility of Results Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Germany / United States Institution/Affiliation country: Colorado State University/US / Heidelberg University/DE / Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR / University of Cologne/DE

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Reproducibility of Results Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Germany / United States Institution/Affiliation country: Colorado State University/US / Heidelberg University/DE / Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR / University of Cologne/DE