The Aging Semantic Differential in Mandarin Chinese: Measuring Attitudes toward Older Adults in China |
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| Authors: | Ernest Gonzales Lisa A Marchiondo Jing Tan Yi Wang Huajuan Chen |
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| Institution: | 1. Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts, USAgeg@bu.edu;3. Department of Organizational Studies, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;4. School of Social Work, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA;5. George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) is the most widely used instrument to measure young people’s attitudes towards older adults. This study translated the ASD to Mandarin and examined its psychometric properties. The Mandarin-ASD contains three latent factors (Personality and Mental Health, Societal Participation, and Physical) that have high internal reliability and reasonable discriminate validity. Social work researchers, practitioners and allied professionals may utilize the ASD-Mandarin instrument to measure young people’s attitudes towards older adults in China. We issue a call for a universal-ASD that can be applied across different cultural contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Agism aging semantic differential confirmatory factor analysis Mandarin Chinese |
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