Validity and Reliability of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) Scale and Development of Its Shorter Version (S-PAC) Among Family Caregivers of Older Adults | Zendy

Jeffrey Yong Ming Siow | Zendy; Angelique Chan | Zendy; Truls Østbye | Zendy; Grand H.L. Cheng | Zendy; Rahul Malhotra | Zendy

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Validity and Reliability of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) Scale and Development of Its Shorter Version (S-PAC) Among Family Caregivers of Older Adults

Author(s) -

Jeffrey Yong Ming Siow,

Angelique Chan,

Truls Østbye,

Grand H.L. Cheng,

Rahul Malhotra

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/gnw198

Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , convergent validity , exploratory factor analysis , psychometrics , malay , clinical psychology , test validity , item analysis , equivalence (formal languages) , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , statistics , linguistics , physics , philosophy , mathematics , quantum mechanics , internal consistency

To (a) assess the validity and reliability of the 9-item Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) scale among a national sample of caregivers for older adults with functional limitations, (b) develop a shorter version (short-PAC [S-PAC] scale) and assess its psychometric properties, and (c) investigate both scales' measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) across language of administration (Chinese/English/Malay).

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