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The relationship between alternative assessments of self‐care ability in the elderly
Author(s) -
Little A. G.,
Hemsley D. R.,
Volans P. J.,
Bergmann K.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1986.tb00670.x
Subject(s) - psychology , self report study , rating scale , clinical psychology , self assessment , psychometrics , cognition , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
The self‐care performance of 126 residents of old people's homes was assessed by self‐report, informant rating and performance test. Scores on all three scales were related but associations were low and gross disagreements between measures were found in almost half of the cases. The associations between self‐report and the other two measures were significantly lower than those between informant and performance ratings. There was no evidence of systematic bias in self‐report related to cognitive or to affective impairment. It is probable that the three scales measure different aspects of dependancy.