Couples’ Views of Their Joint Aging: Development of a New Scale
2024
Couples' Views on Aging: A New Scale
Sample size: 300
publication
Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Bodner Ehud, Segel-Karpas Dikla, Estlein Roi
Primary Institution: Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, HaMerkaz, Israel; University of Haifa, Haifa, Hefa, Israel
Hypothesis
The study aims to explore subjective views of aging from a dyadic perspective within couples.
Conclusion
The newly developed scale effectively measures how couples perceive their joint aging across various domains.
Supporting Evidence
- The scale was developed based on five meaningful domains related to couples' aging.
- Factor analysis was used to extract a reliable scale from an initial pool of 39 items.
Takeaway
This study created a new way to understand how couples think about getting older together.
Methodology
The study developed a scale based on expert evaluations and tested it on a sample of midlife adults using factor analysis.
Participant Demographics
Midlife adults in intimate relationships.
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