Open AccessMeasuring (Non)Essentialist Beliefs About the Process of Aging
Author(s) -
David Weiss,
Manfred Diehl
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa113
Subject(s) - essentialism , mindset , discriminant validity , psychology , measurement invariance , convergent validity , successful aging , reliability (semiconductor) , developmental psychology , psychometrics , gerontology , structural equation modeling , confirmatory factor analysis , medicine , mathematics , statistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology , internal consistency
We validated an aging mindset measure that captures beliefs about the process of aging. Specifically, we introduce a brief 4-item and an extended 10-item measure assessing (non)essentialist beliefs about aging.