چکیده

As studies have revealed an increase in discrimination neglect and abuse among the adult population during the COVID-19 period. An important move in counteracting ageism is to classify the ageism scale comprehensively by employing adequate psychometrics. The present study assessed the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the ageism survey on a sample of the Iranian older adult population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Persian version of the ageism scale was developed involving a two-step procedure. The first step involved translating and revising the original scale to develop a Persian version of the ageism scale. The second step involved assessing the psychometric features of the newly adapted scale using construct validity through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the reliability through the Average Inter-Item Correlation (AIC) Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega indicators. The sample consisted of 400 older adults (> 65) who were recruited through online data collection. The Persian version of the Ageism Survey has three factors which explained 57.02 percent of the total variance. The internal consistency and reliability being excellent. The present study offers proof of scale construct validity and reliability of the Persian version of the ageism survey involving Iranian elder adults

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Ageism scale older adults psychometric validation

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