Attachment to Life: Psychometric Analyses of the Valuation of Life Scale and Differences Among Older Adults
Author(s) -
Laura N. Gitlin,
Jeanine M. Parisi,
Jin Huang,
Laraine Winter,
David L. Roth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnv696
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant validity , convergent validity , confirmatory factor analysis , optimism , clinical psychology , marital status , cognition , psychometrics , gerontology , structural equation modeling , demography , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , population , internal consistency , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Examine psychometric properties of Lawton's Valuation of Life (VOL) scale, a measure of an older adults' assessment of the perceived value of their lives; and whether ratings differ by race (White, Black/African American) and sex.
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