The orientation to life questionnaire: Assessing older adults’ sense of coherence - 13/04/16
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Résumé |
Introduction |
Growing literature suggests that the sense of coherence (SOC) positively influences well-being in later life.
Objectives |
This study reports the assessment the following psychometric properties: distributional properties, construct, criterion and external-related validities, and reliability, of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OtLQ) in an cross-national population of older adults.
Methods |
We recruited 1291 community-dwelling older adults aged between 75–102 years (M=83.9; SD=6.68). Convenience sampling was used to gather questionnaire data. The construct validity was asserted by confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, criterion and external-related validities, as well as distributional properties and reliability were also tested.
Results |
Data gathered with the 29-items OtLQ scale showed overall good psychometric properties, in terms of distributional properties, construct, criterion and external-related validities, as well as reliability. Three factors were validated for the OtLQ scale: (a) comprehensibility; (b) manageability; and (c) meaningfulness.
Conclusion |
We validated the 3-factor OtLQ scale, which produced valid and reliable data for a cross-national sample with older adults. Hence, it is an adequate instrument for assessing sense of coherence among older people in health care practice and program development contexts.
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Vol 33 - N° S
P. S289 - mars 2016 Retour au numéro
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