Development of an Indigenous Scale to Measure Age Discrimination among Elders
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Ageism, Discrimination, Psychometrics, Scale DevelopmentAbstract
Present study was designed to develop an indigenous scale on old age discrimination for elderly. A 100-item pool was created. Items that were culturally appropriate were developed. Additionally, the earlier measures of discrimination based on age were examined. Moreover, eight elderly individuals above the age of fifty participated in semi-structured interviews After expert evaluation item pool was reduced to 70. In the tryout phase the same was administered on 366 elderly people from villages and communities in Gujrat, Pakistan. Exploratory factor analysis was applied that produced a six-factor solution for 70 elements using Principal Component Analysis and Varimax Orthogonal Rotation. Later on, Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a strong model fit for the last 20 items after 49 items were eliminated. The scale was named as Old Age Discrimination Scale for Elders (OADS-E). OADS-E has very good Cronbach's alpha reliability. Finally, a reliable and valid scale for assessment of old age discrimination in Pakistani culture was developed.
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